“Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.”
King James Version (KJV)
11:16 The Red - sea - Unto which they came three times; once, #Exod 13:18|, again, a little after their passage over it, and a third time, long after, when they came to Ezion Geber, which was upon the shore of the Red - Sea, from whence they went to Kadesh; of this time he speaks here.
11:17 Abode - Peaceably, and did not revenge their unkindness as they could have done.
11:19 My place - That is, unto the land of Canaan, which God hath given me.
11:20 Sihon fought - So Sihon was the aggressor, and the Israelites were forced to fight in their own defence.