‘And I send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, — words of peace — saying,
and he sendeth letters unto all the Jews, unto the seven and twenty and a hundred provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus — words of peace and truth —
And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,
after his smiting Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei,
Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside — right or left —
and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs — four cities.
‘And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place,