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 unto the LORD , and said : 'If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities .' * And the 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 compass the land of Edom ; and the soul of the people became impatient because of the way . * And the people spoke against God , and against Moses : 'Wherefore 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 loatheth this light bread .' * And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people , and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died . * And the people came to Moses , and said : 'We have sinned , because 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 . * 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 seeth it , shall live .' * And Moses made a serpent of brass , and set it upon the pole ; and it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man , when he looked unto the serpent of brass , he lived . * And the children of Israel journeyed , and pitched in Oboth . * And they journeyed from Oboth , and pitched at Ije-abarim , in the wilderness which is in front of Moab , toward the sun-rising . * From thence they journeyed , and pitched in the valley of Zered . * From thence they journeyed , and pitched on the other side of the Arnon , which is in the wilderness , that cometh out of the border of the Amorites .--For Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites ; * wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD : Vaheb in Suphah , and the valleys of Arnon , * And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar , and leaneth upon the border of Moab .-- * And from thence to Beer ; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses : 'Gather the people together , and I will give them water .' * Then sang Israel this song : Spring up , O well--sing ye unto it -- * The well , which the princes digged , which the nobles of the people delved , with the sceptre , and with their staves . And from the wilderness to Mattanah ; * and from Mattanah to Nahaliel ; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; * and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab , by the top of Pisgah , which looketh down upon the desert . * And Israel sent messengers unto 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 suffer 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 unto the Jabbok , even unto the children of Ammon ; for the border of the children 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 thereof . * 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 the Arnon . * Wherefore they that speak in parables say : Come ye to Heshbon ! let the city of Sihon be built and established ! * For a fire is gone out of Heshbon , a flame from the city of Sihon ; it hath devoured Ar of Moab , the lords of the high places of Arnon . * Woe to thee , Moab ! thou art undone , O people of Chemosh ; he hath given his sons as fugitives , and his daughters into captivity , unto Sihon king of the Amorites . * We have shot at them--Heshbon is perished--even unto Dibon , and we have laid waste even unto Nophah , which reacheth unto Medeba . * Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites . * And Moses sent to spy out Jazer , and they took the towns thereof , 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 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 , who dwelt at Heshbon .' * So they smote him , and his sons , and all his people , until there was none left him remaining ; and they possessed his land .

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