“If you let us pass through your country, we will stay on the road and not turn right or left.
I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon. They offered him peace, saying,
We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country.
You must pay them in silver for any food you eat or water you drink.’ ”
“Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of the city of Heshbon, asking, ‘Let the people of Israel pass through your land to go to our land.’