Numbers 21:21 Cross References - Thomson

²¹ Now Moses had sent messengers to Seon, king of the Amorites, with a message of peace, saying,

¹⁴ Then Moses sent messengers from Kades, to the king of Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us. ¹⁵ Our fathers went down in 16 to Egypt, and we have sojourned in Egypt many years. And when the Egyptians ill treated us and our fathers, ¹⁶ we cried to the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to our voice; and having sent a messenger he hath brought us out of Egypt, and we are now at Kades, a city on the extremity of thy borders. ¹⁷ Let us pass through thy land. We will not march through the fields, nor vineyards, nor drink water out of thy cisterns. We will march along the king's high way, and will not turn aside to the right, nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. ¹⁸ But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me. If thou attempt it, I will come out to meet thee in battle. ¹⁹ Whereupon the children of Israel said, Let us pass through along the mountains, and if I, or my cattle drink of thy water, I will make thee compensation. Grant but this. It is but a small matter. Let us march through along the mountain.

²⁶ Now I had sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon, king of Esebon, with words of peace, saying, ²⁷ Let me pass through thy land. I will march along the highway, and not turn aside to the right, nor to the left. ²⁸ Thou shalt sell me provisions for money, that I may eat; and thou shalt sell me water for money, that I may drink, just till I can march through on foot;

¹⁹ Then Israel sent messengers to Seon, king of the Amorites; the king of Esebon, and said to him, Let us we pray thee pass through thy land to our place; ²⁰ but Seon would not trust Israel to pass through along his border, but assembled all his people, and encamped at Jasa, and came to an engagement with Israel. ²¹ And the Lord God of Israel delivered into the hands of Israel, Seon and all his people, and they smote him. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited the country