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21. And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

22. “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn into the fields or into the vineyards. We will not drink the waters of the well. We will go along by the king’s highway until we are past your borders.”

23. And Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. But Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel in the wilderness. And he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

24. And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.

25. And Israel took all these cities. And Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all its villages,

26. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.

27. Therefore, those who speak in proverbs say, “Come into Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared,

28. For there has gone out a fire from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon.

29. Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons to be as fugitives, and his daughters to go into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

30. We have cast them down. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah which is to Medeba.”

31. Now Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

32. And Moses sent men to scout out Jaazer, and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

33. And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

34. And the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”

35. So they struck him and his sons and all his people until there was none left of him alive. And they possessed his land.

 (A Faithful Version)

21. 以色列人安定下來後，差遣使者去見亞摩利王西宏，說：

22. 可否讓我們從你處經過？我們不會去滋擾，不傷及葡萄園，不喝井裡的水，只走大道，過境而矣。

23. 西宏沒有答允，卻是集眾，到曠野攻擊以色列人。就在雅雜這個地方，與以色列人開戰。

24. 亞摩利人多勢眾，以色列卻把全數亞摩利人擊殺，從亞嫩溪到雅博溪一帶，都屬他們的領土。

25. 以色列人拿下這一帶城邑，並暫居於希實本這城及同圍的城鄉。

26. 希實本原是亞摩利王西宏的京城；這城是西宏從前任的摩押的王手上得來，範圍直到亞嫩溪。

27. 於是有詩人描述這事蹟：看看這希實本！是西宏把城建造，並且實力強大。

28. 從希實本而出，有一道如火的氣勢，從西宏的城邑發出，踐踏摩押王曾經擁有的亞珥，吞滅了亞嫩溪地摩押人敬拜的邱壇。

29. 摩押，睇如今的你，有禍了！你在基抹的民眾，待他們如子女的，男的要逃亡，女的會被擄，給亞摩利王西宏。

30. 只是我們以色列人會追趕這些亞摩利人。再從希實本直到底本，會使這些地變得荒涼，就是靠近米底巴那處挪法城也不例外。

31. 這樣，以色列人就安定在亞摩利人的領地。

32. 摩西隨後派人去探察雅謝這個地方，及後攻取了那地，驅逐了那裡的亞摩利人。

33. 之後，轉而向巴珊進發。巴珊王噩領全體百姓應戰，在以得來這地對峙。

34. 耶和華有聲音對摩西說：不要怕，這王的百姓和他的領地都交你手中，就如當日在希實本，對亞摩利王西宏一樣。

35. 結果，這王和他的子民全數被滅，沒有留下活口，把領地全佔。

According to Jewish commentary and tradition, Numbers 21:21-35 is significant for its depiction of divine justice, territorial legitimacy, and prophetic foreshadowing.

• Right of Conquest: Jewish sources emphasize that Moses followed proper diplomatic protocols by requesting peaceful passage, establishing that King Sihon was the aggressor. This ensured that Israel’s possession of the land was legally and morally justified as a rightful inheritance rather than theft.
• Divine Hardening: Commentators like Rashi and Matthew Henry note that God passively hardened Sihon’s heart, allowing his pride and false assumptions about Israel’s weakness to lead to his defeat, illustrating that enemies of God’s people often destroy themselves through their own counsel.
• Prophetic Typology: Some traditional interpretations view the defeat of Sihon (the Amorite king) and Og (the giant king of Bashan) as foreshadowing the future defeat of eschatological enemies, such as the Antichrist and the False Prophet, linking these historical victories to final redemptive history.
• Poetic Testimony: T，he passage includes a quote from the “book of the wars of the Lord,” which Jewish tradition regards as a historical record and poetic testimony to God’s power in delivering Moab and the Amorites into Israel’s hands.

註：西方的釋經對此段的理解相對於猶太人而言似乎又少了點深度。

從摩西的描述，了解當時他們正在迦南地域的外圍，進入迦南在外圍，已經有人佔地居住。住在外圍有二類人士，一是近親，一是遠親，那是一是相信耶和華的一族，一是不相信。

在這外圍相信的，摩西的策略是窺探，對不相信的是要求借路。奇怪的事這在此，既是近親是不是好相量？摩西不去商量，是什麼緣因？他倒去與不相信的商量，也許最大的緣因，這些不相信的，相對於相信的，在財勢和佔地利有關，因為他們的路是大，相信的那族，路是小的，是窄的。

以色列人第一次向以東王，是自己人被拒。第二次去探自己人的路，不是派人商討，而是看人家實力，派人進入去收取情報，誰知失守被俘。私意大作，以大欺小，殺害了相信的人，只為不肯借路，又假稱是受耶和華之名，這些人都受應得的懲罰，被蛇咬。願改的，望住自己造成的後果，銅蛇，就得赦免。

今回，摩西作主，派人去借路，就借出禍來。

今回借路，是向不相信耶和華，私心極重，雄心極大的，看到摩西這大族人數，軍事力量不足，就起貪念，要用武力收為己有。

這些亞摩利人今回失算，大舉被以色列人所滅。

摩西到達迦南邊圍，遇到了三種情況：頭一次被拒。第二次因為第一次被拒造成的心理，用私意行事，被懲治。第三次，摩西回到用談判方式。只是，亞摩利人的貪，成就了摩西進入迦南這地。這次是因為有了充份的準備，以色列人有充足的糧和水的緣故，打扙不是一時三刻的事，糧水對以色列人而言是重中之重。

這是耶和華親自對摩西揭示的戰策？摩西沒有提。相信是，人有自主、懂分辨、能判決、就是自己能力和信心是否足夠而定。摩西似乎從生活中，找到了信心，因為更加認識那和華的作為。

註：若對你有用，也許對別人也有用，讓他們與你一起成長。