27 Therefore those who speak in1 proverbs say:
“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
28 “For afire went out from Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon;
It consumed bAr of Moab,
The lords of the cheights of the Arnon.
A flame from the city of Sihon;
It consumed bAr of Moab,
The lords of the cheights of the Arnon.
29 Woe to you, aMoab!
You have perished, O people of bChemosh!
He has given his csons as fugitives,
And his ddaughters into captivity,
To Sihon king of the Amorites.
You have perished, O people of bChemosh!
He has given his csons as fugitives,
And his ddaughters into captivity,
To Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 “But we have shot at them;
Heshbon has perished aas far as Dibon.
Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,
Which reaches to bMedeba.”
Heshbon has perished aas far as Dibon.
Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,
Which reaches to bMedeba.”
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
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