‘Let me pass through your land—I will go only by way of the road. I will not turn to the right or to the left.
“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of shalom saying,
You will sell me food for money so that I may eat and give me water for money so that I may drink. Just let me pass through on foot—
You are to buy food from them for money so that you may eat, and you are also to buy water from them for money so that you may drink.
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please, let us pass through your land to my place.”