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,
27. Let me pass through thy land: by the highway alone will I go; I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.
28. Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,
29. --as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, --until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
30. But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.