26And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
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But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, …
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. …
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. …
And when ye come into an house, salute it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-37)God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not made any attack upon them, here he recompenses them for their obedience by giving them possession of the country of Sihon king of the Amorites. If we forbear what God forbids, we shall receive what h…
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