“And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.”
'And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land before you; begin to possess his land, that you may inherit it' -- the command to possess Sihon's territory is explicit. Unlike Edom, Moab, and Ammon, Sihon's land becomes Israel's inheritance. The timing--conquest begins only after Sihon's refusal--shows that the land is not taken through Israelite aggression but granted by the LORD after alternatives (peace, commerce) have been exhausted.
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