^23 (A)But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. So Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to ^(B)Jahaz and fought against Israel. ²⁴ Then ^(C)Israel ^[a]struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the ^(D)border of the sons of Ammon was ^[b]Jazer. ²⁵ Israel took all these cities and ^(E)Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her ^[c]villages.

¹² Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,