Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
"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.] 