“1 And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard
tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against
Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto
the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my
hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened
to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they
utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the
place Hormah.”
“4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in
the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water;
and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery
serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of
Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have
sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto
the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for
the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,
and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that
is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a
serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a
serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.”
“10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the
wilderness which [is] before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence
they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they
removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which [is] in the
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon [is]
the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is
said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea,
and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that
goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16
And from thence [they went] to Beer: that [is] the well whereof the LORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them
water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto
it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it,
by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the
wilderness [they went] to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel:
and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that
[is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward
Jeshimon.”
“21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the
fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink [of] the waters of the
well: [but] we will go along by the king’s [high] way, until we be past
thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his
border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against
Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against
Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and
possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] strong. 25 And
Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon
[was] the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against
the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even
unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into
Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a
fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath
consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe
to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his
sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of
the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto
Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth]
unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and
drove out the Amorites that [were] there. 33 And they turned and went up
by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them,
he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and
all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst
unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they
smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left
him alive: and they possessed his land.” (Nu 21:1-35 AV)
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