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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 kings 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.
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