19. and come near over against the children of Ammon; thou shalt not distress them nor attack them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given it as a possession.
20. (That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
21. a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim; and Jehovah destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead;
22. as he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, from before whom he destroyed the Horites; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead, even to this day.
23. And the Avvites who dwelt in the hamlets as far as Gazah--the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
24. Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon. Behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land: begin, take possession, and engage with him in battle.
25. This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples under the whole heaven; who will hear report of thee, and will tremble, and quake because of thee.
26. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon the king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,