‘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.
“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,
You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land to our country.’