Nehemiah 9:22
Good News Translation
"You let them conquer nations and kingdoms, lands that bordered their own. They conquered the land of Heshbon, where Sihon ruled, and the land of Bashan, where Og was king.

New Revised Standard Version
And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and allotted to them every corner, so they took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.

Contemporary English Version
You let them conquer kings and take their land, including King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan.

New American Bible
You gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you divided among them as border lands. They possessed the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

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Joshua 10:11 And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel,

Psalm 78:65 And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.

Psalm 105:44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

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Deuteronomy 32:26 I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.

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Numbers 21:21-35 And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying: . . .

Deuteronomy 2:26-36 So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebon with peaceable words, saying: . . .

Deuteronomy 3:1-17 Then we turned and went by the way of Basan: and Og the king of Basan came out to meet us with his people to fight in Edrai. . . .

Psalm 135:10-12 He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: . . .

Psalm 136:17-22 Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Context
The People Confess Their Sins
21Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn. 22And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.23And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.…
Cross References
Numbers 21:21
And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:

Numbers 21:33
And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of Basan, and Og the king of Basan came against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai.

Deuteronomy 1:4
After that he had slain Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon: and Og king of Basan who abode in Astaroth, and in Edrai,

Ezekiel 20:28
And I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it them: they saw every high hill, and every shady tree, and there they sacrificed their victims: and there they presented the provocation of their offerings, and there they set their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations.

Nehemiah 9:21
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