‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to our country,’
You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot,