“Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.”
'Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon; behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle' -- the command shifts dramatically: now Israel is told to fight. Sihon (unlike Edom, Moab, Ammon) is given into Israel's hand. The Arnon river marks the boundary of Sihon's territory. Possession begins with battle.
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