And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land into my place.