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Deuteronomy 2:26 - Easy To Read Version “While we were in the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to Sihon, the king of Heshbon. The messengers offered peace to Sihon. They said, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, American Standard Version (1901) And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Common English Bible I then sent messengers from the Kedemoth desert to Sihon, Heshbon’s king, with words of peace: Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, the king of Heshbon, with peaceful words, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebon with peaceable words, saying: |
So Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of King Xerxes’ kingdom. Mordecai told the people that the holiday should bring peace and make people trust {\cf2\super [32]} each other.
The people of Israel sent some men to Sihon, the king of the Amorite people. The men said to the king,
This was after the Lord defeated Sihon and Og. (Sihon was the king of the Amorite people. Sihon lived in Heshbon. Og was the king of Bashan. Og lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.)
‘Let us go through your land. We will stay on the road. We will not turn off the road to the right or to the left.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath. In all, Reuben gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals.
Then the people of Israel sent messengers to Sihon the king of the Amorite people. Sihon was the king of the city of Heshbon. The messengers asked Sihon, “Let the people of Israel pass through your land. We want to go to our land.”