Discovery BoxNumbers 21:21 
ContextThe Victory over Sihon and Og
21:21 1 Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, 2
Numbers 21:23
Context21:23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he 3 gathered all his forces 4 together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When 5 he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
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.
2 tc Smr and the LXX have “words of peace.”
3 tn Heb “Sihon.”
4 tn Heb “people.”
5 tn The clause begins with a preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, but may be subordinated to the next preterite as a temporal clause.
