―The Lord spake unto me, saying … This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.‖ In token of this, the fate of two nations is at once shown. The King of Sihon and the King of Bashan ―came out against us, he and all his people,‖ whereon they were ―utterly destroyed, the men, and the women, and the little ones,‖ only the cattle being spared and ―the spoil‖ being taken ―for a prey unto ourselves.‖ (The insistence on utter destruction is a
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