Numbers 21:21

21 misit autem Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum dicens

Numbers 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:21

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
&c.] Who were one of the nations of the Canaanites, and a principal and powerful one, and who were devoted to destruction, and their land designed for the people of Israel; see ( Genesis 15:16 ) , at this time Sihon was their king, to whom Moses, in the name of Israel, sent a very peaceable message from the wilderness of Kedemoth, which lay near his country, ( Deuteronomy 2:26 ) :

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 21:21 In-Context

19 de Matthana Nahalihel de Nahalihel in Bamoth

20 de Bamoth vallis est in regione Moab in vertice Phasga et quod respicit contra desertum

21 misit autem Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum dicens

22 obsecro ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam non declinabimus in agros et vineas non bibemus aquas ex puteis via regia gradiemur donec transeamus terminos tuos

23 qui concedere noluit ut transiret Israhel per fines suos quin potius exercitu congregato egressus est obviam in desertum et venit in Iasa pugnavitque contra eum