and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
 Again, it is evident that God has been pleased at various times to judge the world, as notably and on the largest scale at the time of the flood. If it was consistent with God Himself to deal with a corrupt earth, then surely He was equally free to employ the Israelites later as His instruments for the land He gave them.
