But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
The Lord said to me, “Show no hostility towards Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.” ’
‘Then they travelled through the wilderness and round the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter into the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
They set out from there and camped on the other side of the River Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites.
