then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
"Even the pagans recognized that when victory was given by a deity, the victors had full right to possess that territory." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, p. 123.] 