Bilangan 21:21

The Victory over Sihon and Og

21:21 ¹ Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, ² 

Hakim-hakim 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ³  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ⁴  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ⁵  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

[21:21]  ¹ sn For this section, see further J. R. Bartlett, “Sihon and Og of the Amorites,” VT 20 (1970): 257-77, and “The Moabites and the Edomites,” Peoples of Old Testament Times, 229-58; S. H. Horn, “The Excavations at Tell Hesban, 1973,” ADAJ 18 (1973): 87-88.

[21:21]  ² tc Smr and the LXX have “words of peace.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”