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Verse 1

And the Canaanite,{H3669} the king{H4428} of Arad,{H6166} who dwelt{H3427} in the South,{H5045} heard{H8085} tell that Israel{H3478} came{H935} by the way{H1870} of Atharim;{H871} and he fought{H3898} against Israel,{H3478} and took{H7617} some of them captive.{H7628}

Verse 2

And Israel{H3478} vowed{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} If thou wilt indeed{H5414} deliver{H5414} this people{H5971} into my hand,{H3027} then I will utterly destroy{H2763} their cities.{H5892}

Verse 3

And Jehovah{H3068} hearkened{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of Israel,{H3478} and delivered up{H5414} the Canaanites;{H3669} and they utterly destroyed{H2763} them and their cities:{H5892} and the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} was called{H7121} Hormah.{H2767}

Verse 4

And they journeyed{H5265} from mount{H2022} Hor{H2023} by the way{H1870} to the Red{H5488} Sea,{H3220} to compass{H5437} the land{H776} of Edom:{H123} and the soul{H5315} of the people{H5971} was much discouraged{H7114} because of the way.{H1870}

Verse 5

And the people{H5971} spake{H1696} against God,{H430} and against Moses,{H4872} Wherefore have ye brought us up{H5927} out of Egypt{H4714} to die{H4191} in the wilderness?{H4057} for there is no bread,{H3899} and there is no water;{H4325} and our soul{H5315} loatheth{H6973} this light{H7052} bread.{H3899}

Verse 6

And Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} fiery{H8314} serpents{H5175} among the people,{H5971} and they bit{H5391} the people;{H5971} and much{H7227} people{H5971} of Israel{H3478} died.{H4191}

Verse 7

And the people{H5971} came{H935} to Moses,{H4872} and said,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} because we have spoken{H1696} against Jehovah,{H3068} and against thee; pray{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} that he take away{H5493} the serpents{H5175} from us. And Moses{H4872} prayed{H6419} for the people.{H5971}

Verse 8

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Make{H6213} thee a fiery serpent,{H8314} and set{H7760} it upon a standard:{H5251} and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,{H5391} when he seeth{H7200} it, shall live.{H2425}

Verse 9

And Moses{H4872} made{H6213} a serpent{H5175} of brass,{H5178} and set{H7760} it upon the standard:{H5251} and it came to pass, that if a serpent{H5175} had bitten{H5391} any man,{H376} when he looked{H5027} unto the serpent{H5175} of brass,{H5178} he lived.{H2425}

Verse 10

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} journeyed,{H5265} and encamped{H2583} in Oboth.{H88}

Verse 11

And they journeyed{H5265} from Oboth,{H88} and encamped{H2583} at Iyeabarim,{H5863} in the wilderness{H4057} which is before{H6440} Moab,{H4124} toward the sunrising.{H4217}

Verse 12

From thence they journeyed,{H5265} and encamped{H2583} in the valley{H5158} of Zered.{H2218}

Verse 13

From thence they journeyed,{H5265} and encamped{H2583} on the other side{H5676} of the Arnon,{H769} which is in the wilderness,{H4057} that cometh out{H3318} of the border{H1366} of the Amorites:{H567} for the Arnon{H769} is the border{H1366} of Moab,{H4124} between Moab{H4124} and the Amorites.{H567}

Verse 14

Wherefore it is said{H559} in the book{H5612} of the Wars{H4421} of Jehovah,{H3068} Vaheb{H2052} in Suphah,{H5492} And the valleys{H5158} of the Arnon,{H769}

Verse 15

And the slope{H793} of the valleys{H5158} That inclineth{H5186} toward the dwelling{H3427} of Ar,{H6144} And leaneth{H8172} upon the border{H1366} of Moab.{H4124}

Verse 16

And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer:{H876} that is the well{H875} whereof Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Gather{H622} the people{H5971} together,{H622} and I will give{H5414} them water.{H4325}

Verse 17

Then sang{H7891} Israel{H3478} this song:{H7892} Spring up,{H5927} O well;{H875} sing{H6030} ye unto it:

Verse 18

The well,{H875} which the princes{H8269} digged,{H2658} Which the nobles{H5081} of the people{H5971} delved,{H3738} With the sceptre,{H2710} [and] with their staves.{H4938} And from the wilderness{H4057} [they journeyed] to Mattanah;{H4980}

Verse 19

and from Mattanah{H4980} to Nahaliel;{H5160} and from Nahaliel{H5160} to Bamoth;{H1120}

Verse 20

and from Bamoth{H1120} to the valley{H1516} that is in the field{H7704} of Moab,{H4124} to the top{H7218} of Pisgah,{H6449} which looketh{H8259} down{H6440} upon the desert.{H3452}

Verse 21

And Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} saying,{H559}

Verse 22

Let me pass{H5674} through thy land:{H776} we will not turn{H5186} aside into field,{H7704} or into vineyard;{H3754} we will not drink{H8354} of the water{H4325} of the wells:{H875} we will go{H3212} by the king's{H4428} highway,{H1870} until we have passed{H5674} thy border.{H1366}

Verse 23

And Sihon{H5511} would not suffer{H5414} Israel{H3478} to pass{H5674} through his border:{H1366} but Sihon{H5511} gathered{H622} all his people{H5971} together,{H622} and went out{H3318} against{H7125} Israel{H3478} into the wilderness,{H4057} and came{H935} to Jahaz;{H3096} and he fought{H3898} against Israel.{H3478}

Verse 24

And Israel{H3478} smote{H5221} him with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} and possessed{H3423} his land{H776} from the Arnon{H769} unto the Jabbok,{H2999} even unto the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} for the border{H1366} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} was strong.{H5794}

Verse 25

And Israel{H3478} took{H3947} all these cities:{H5892} and Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in all the cities{H5892} of the Amorites,{H567} in Heshbon,{H2809} and in all the towns{H1323} thereof.

Verse 26

For Heshbon{H2809} was the city{H5892} of Sihon{H5511} the king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} who had fought{H3898} against the former{H7223} king{H4428} of Moab,{H4124} and taken{H3947} all his land{H776} out of his hand,{H3027} even unto the Arnon.{H769}

Verse 27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs{H4911} say,{H559} Come{H935} ye to Heshbon;{H2809} Let the city{H5892} of Sihon{H5511} be built{H1129} and established:{H3559}

Verse 28

For a fire{H784} is gone out{H3318} of Heshbon,{H2809} A flame{H3852} from the city{H7151} of Sihon:{H5511} It hath devoured{H398} Ar{H6144} of Moab,{H4124} The lords of the high places{H1181} of the Arnon.{H769}

Verse 29

Woe{H188} to thee, Moab!{H4124} Thou art undone,{H6} O people{H5971} of Chemosh:{H3645} He hath given{H5414} his sons{H1121} as fugitives,{H6412} And his daughters{H1323} into captivity,{H7622} Unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites.{H567}

Verse 30

We have shot{H3384} at them; Heshbon{H2809} is perished{H6} even unto Dibon,{H1769} And we have laid waste{H8074} even unto Nophah,{H5302} Which [reacheth] unto Medeba.{H4311}

Verse 31

Thus Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of the Amorites.{H567}

Verse 32

And Moses{H4872} sent{H7971} to spy out{H7270} Jazer;{H3270} and they took{H3920} the towns{H1323} thereof, and drove out{H3423} the Amorites{H567} that were there.

Verse 33

And they turned{H6437} and went up{H5927} by the way{H1870} of Bashan:{H1316} and Og{H5747} the king{H4428} of Bashan{H1316} went out{H3318} against{H7125} them, he and all his people,{H5971} to battle{H4421} at Edrei.{H154}

Verse 34

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Fear{H3372} him not: for I have delivered{H5414} him into thy hand,{H3027} and all his people,{H5971} and his land;{H776} and thou shalt do{H6213} to him as thou didst{H6213} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} who dwelt{H3427} at Heshbon.{H2809}

Verse 35

So they smote{H5221} him, and his sons{H1121} and all his people,{H5971} until there was none{H1115} left{H7604} him remaining:{H8300} and they possessed{H3423} his land.{H776}

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