I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Parallel translations
- KJV And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
- BSB So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
- NKJV “And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
- NASB “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
- NLT Moses continued, “From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace:
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- Luke 10:10–12But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,
- Josh 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Luke 10:5–6Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
- Matt 10:12–15As you enter into the household, greet it.
- Deut 20:10–11When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
- Josh 21:37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs: four cities.
- Esth 9:30He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
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