“Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.”
Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you came not near; all the banks of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God forbade us -- the final boundary is Ammonite territory; Israel respects the prohibition against taking Ammon. The clause 'and wherever the LORD our God forbade us' acknowledges divine instruction as the ultimate boundary. Conquest is not rapacious; it is bounded by covenant.
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