When the Canaanite, the king
of aArad
, who lived
in the 1Negev
, heard
that Israel
was coming
by the way
of 2Atharim
, then he fought
against Israel
and took
some
of them captive
.
So aIsrael made
a vow
to the LORD
and said
, "If
You will indeed
deliver
this
people
into my hand
, then I will 1utterly
destroy
their cities
."
The LORD heard
the voice
of Israel
and delivered
up the Canaanites
; then they 1utterly
destroyed
them and their cities
. Thus the name
of the place
was called
2 aHormah
.
Then they set out from Mount
Hor
by the way
of the 1Red
Sea
, to ago
around
the land
of Edom
; and the 2people
became
impatient
because of the journey
.
The people spoke
against God
and Moses
, " aWhy
have you brought
us up out of Egypt
to die
in the wilderness
? For there
is no
1food
and no
water
, and 2 bwe loathe
this miserable
food
."
aThe LORD sent
fiery
serpents
among the people
and bthey bit
the people
, so that cmany
people
of Israel
died
.
aSo the people came
to Moses
and said
, "We have sinned
, because
we have spoken
against the LORD
and you; bintercede
with the LORD
, that He may remove
the serpents
from us." And Moses
interceded
for the people
.
Then the LORD said
to Moses
, " 1Make
a afiery
serpent, and set
it on a standard
; and it shall come
about, that everyone
who is bitten
, when he looks
at it, he will live
."
And Moses made
a abronze
serpent
and set
it on the standard
; and it came
about, that if
a serpent
bit
any
man
, when he looked
to the bronze
serpent
, he lived
.
aNow the sons of Israel
moved
out and camped
in Oboth
.
They journeyed from Oboth
and camped
at Iyeabarim
, in the wilderness
which
is opposite
Moab
, to the 1east
.
aFrom there they set
out and camped
in 1Wadi
Zered
.
From there they journeyed
and camped
on the other
side
of the Arnon
, which
is in the wilderness
that comes
out of the border
of the Amorites
, afor the Arnon
is the border
of Moab
, between
Moab
and the Amorites
.
Therefore it is said
in the Book
of the Wars
of the LORD
, "Waheb
in Suphah
, And the wadis
of the Arnon
,
And the slope of the wadis
That extends
to the site
of aAr
, And leans
to the border
of Moab
."
aFrom there they continued to 1Beer
, that is the well
where
the LORD
said
to Moses
, "Assemble
the people
, that I may give
them water
."
aThen Israel
sang
this
song
: "Spring
up, O well
! Sing
to it!
"The well, which the leaders
sank
, Which the nobles
of the people
dug
, With the scepter
and with their staffs
." And from the wilderness
they continued to Mattanah
,
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel
, and from Nahaliel
to Bamoth
,
and from Bamoth to the valley
that is in the land
of Moab
, at the top
of Pisgah
which overlooks
the 1wasteland
.
aThen Israel sent
messengers
to Sihon
, king
of the Amorites
, saying
,
" aLet me pass through
your land
. We will not turn
off into field
or vineyard
; we will not drink
water
from wells
. We will go
by the king's
highway
until
we have passed
through
your border
."
aBut Sihon would not permit
Israel
to pass
through
his border
. So Sihon
gathered
all
his people
and went
out against
Israel
in the wilderness
, and came
to bJahaz
and fought
against Israel
.
Then aIsrael 1struck
him with the edge
of the sword
, and took
possession
of his land
from the Arnon
to the Jabbok
, as far
as the sons
of Ammon
; for the bborder
of the sons
of Ammon
was 2Jazer
.
Israel took
all
these
cities
and aIsrael
lived
in all
the cities
of the Amorites
, in Heshbon
, and in all
her 1villages
.
For Heshbon was the city
of Sihon
, king
of the Amorites
, who
had fought
against the former
king
of Moab
and had taken
all
his land
out of his hand
, as far
as the Arnon
.
Therefore those who use
proverbs
say
, "Come
to Heshbon
! Let it be built
! So let the city
of Sihon
be established
.
" aFor a fire went
forth
from Heshbon
, A flame
from the town
of Sihon
; It devoured
bAr
of Moab
, The 1 cdominant
2heights
of the Arnon
.
" aWoe to you, O Moab
! You are ruined
, O people
of bChemosh
! cHe has given
his sons
as fugitives
, dAnd his daughters
into captivity
, To an Amorite
king
, Sihon
.
"But we have cast them down
, Heshbon
is ruined
as far
as aDibon
, Then we have laid
waste
even
to Nophah
, Which
reaches to Medeba
."
Thus Israel lived
in the land
of the Amorites
.
Moses sent
to spy
out aJazer
, and they captured
its villages
and dispossessed
the Amorites
who
were there
.
aThen they turned and went
up by the way
of Bashan
, and Og
the king
of Bashan
went
out 1with all
his people
, for battle
at bEdrei
.
But the LORD said
to Moses
, " aDo not fear
him, for I have given
him into your hand
, and all
his people
and his land
; and you shall do
to him as you did
to Sihon
, king
of the Amorites
, who
lived
at Heshbon
."
So athey 1killed him and his sons
and all
his people
, until
there was no
remnant
left
him; and they possessed
his land
.