Numbers:21

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* And the Canaanite , the king of Arad , who dwelt in the South , heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim , and he fought against Israel , and took some of them captive . * And Israel vowed a vow to LORD , and said , If thou will indeed deliver this people into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities . * And LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel , and delivered up the Canaanites . And they utterly destroyed them and their cities . And the name of the place was called Hormah . * And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea , to encompass the land of Edom . And the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way . * And the people spoke against God , and against Moses , Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? For there is no bread , and there is no water , and our soul loathes this light bread . * And LORD sent fiery serpents among the people , and they bit the people , and many people of Israel died . * And the people came to Moses , and said , We have sinned , because we have spoken against LORD , and against thee . Pray to LORD , that he take away the serpents from us . And Moses prayed for the people . * And LORD said to Moses , Make thee a fiery serpent , and set it upon a standard . And it shall come to pass , that everyone who is bitten , when he sees it , shall live . * And Moses made a serpent of brass , and set it upon the standard . And it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man , when he looked to the serpent of brass , he lived . * And the sons of Israel journeyed , and encamped in Oboth . * And they journeyed from Oboth , and encamped at Iyeabarim , in the wilderness which is before Moab , toward the sunrise . * From there they journeyed , and encamped in the valley of Zered . * From there they journeyed , and encamped on the other side of the Arnon , which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites , for the Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites . * Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of LORD , Vaheb in Suphah , and the valleys of the Arnon , * and the slope of the valleys that inclines toward the dwelling of Ar , and leans upon the border of Moab . * And from there [they journeyed ] to Beer . That is the well of which LORD said to Moses , Gather the people together , and I will give them water . * Then Israel sang this song : Spring up , O well . Sing ye to it , * the well , which the rulers dug , which the nobles of the people dug , with the scepter , [and ] with their staves . And from the wilderness [they journeyed ] to Mattanah , * and from Mattanah to Nahaliel , and from Nahaliel to Bamoth , * and from Bamoth to the valley which is in the field of Moab , to the top of Pisgah , which looks down upon the desert . * And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites , saying , * Let me pass through thy land . We will not turn aside into field , or into vineyard . We will not drink of the water of the wells . We will go by the king 's highway , until we have passed thy border . * And Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border , but Sihon gathered all his people together , and went out against Israel into the wilderness , and came to Jahaz , and he fought against Israel . * And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword , and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok , even to the sons of Ammon , for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong . * And Israel took all these cities . And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites , in Heshbon , and in all the towns of it . * For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites , who had fought against the former king of Moab , and had taken all his land out of his hand , even to the Arnon . * Therefore those who speak in proverbs say , Come ye to Heshbon . Let the city of Sihon be built and established . * For a fire has gone out of Heshbon , a flame from the city of Sihon . It has devoured Ar of Moab , the lords of the high places of the Arnon . * Woe to thee , Moab ! Thou are undone , O people of Chemosh . He has given his sons as fugitives , and his daughters into captivity , to Sihon king of the Amorites . * We have shot at them . Heshbon is perished even to Dibon , and we have laid waste even to Nophah , which [reaches ] to Medeba . * Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites . * And Moses sent to spy out Jazer . And they took the towns of it , and drove out the Amorites that were there . * 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 battle at Edrei . * And LORD said to Moses , Fear him not , for I have delivered him into thy hand , and all his people , and his land . And thou shall do to him as thou did to Sihon king of the Amorites , who dwelt at Heshbon . * So they smote him , and his sons and all his people , until there was none left to him remaining . And they possessed his land .

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