19. “Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon. Israel said to him, ‘Please let us travel through your land to our country,’
20. but Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, Sihon gathered all his people, camped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
21. Then the Lord God of Israel handed over Sihon and all his people to Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of the entire land of the Amorites who lived in that country.
22. They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23. “The Lord God of Israel has now driven out the Amorites before His people Israel, and will you now force us out?
24. Isn’t it true that you may possess whatever your god Chemosh drives out for you, and we may possess everything the Lord our God drives out before us?
25. Now are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
26. While Israel lived 300 years in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, why didn’t you take them back at that time?