Numbers:21

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* And when the Canaanite , the king of ‘Arad , who dwelt in the south , heard that Israel was coming by the way of the spies : he made an attack on Israel , and took from them some prisoners . * And Israel made a vow unto the Lord , and said , If thou wilt but deliver this people into my hand , then will I devote their cities . * And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel , and he delivered up the Canaanites ; and they devoted them and their cities : and they called the name of the place Chormah . * And they set forward from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea , to go round the land of Edom : and the spirit 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 miserable bread . * And the Lord let loose against the people poisonous serpents , and they bit the people ; and there died much people of Israel . * And the people then came to Moses , and they said , We have sinned , for we have spoken against the Lord , and against thee ; pray unto the Lord , that he take away from us the serpents . And Moses prayed for the people . * And the Lord said unto Moses , Make thyself a serpent , and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass , that whoever is bitten shall look at it , and he shall live . * And Moses made a serpent of copper , and put it upon a pole ; and it came to pass , that , when a serpent had bitten any man , and he looked up to the serpent of copper , he remained alive . * And the children of Israel set forward , and encamped in Oboth . * And they journeyed from Oboth , and encamped at ‘Iye –ha ’abarim , in the wilderness , which is before Moab , toward the rising of the sun . * From there they set forward and encamped in the valley of Zered . * From there they set forward , and encamped on the other side of Arnon , which is in the wilderness , and which cometh out of the boundary of the Emorites ; for Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and between the Emorites . * Therefore mention is made in the book of the wars of the Lord , of Vaheb in Supha , and of the brooks of Arnon , * And the descent of the brooks , that turneth toward Shebeth –’Ar , and leaneth upon the border of Moab ; * And from there to the well ; this is the well where the Lord said unto Moses , Assemble the people and I will give them water . * Then did Israel sing this song , Come up , O well ; sing ye unto it : * Well , which the princes have dug , which the nobles of the people have hollowed out with the sceptre , with their staves ; ––and from the wilderness to Mattanah ; * And from Mattanah to Nachaliel ; and from Nachaliel to Bamoth ; * And from Bamoth to the valley , which is in the fields of Moab , to the top of Pisgah , which looketh toward the desert . * And Israel sent messengers unto Sichon the king of the Emorites , saying , * Let me pass through thy land ; we will not turn aside into field , or into vineyard ; we will not drink the water of a well : by the king ’s highway will we go along , until we have passed thy border . * But Sichon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border ; and Sichon assembled all his people together ; and went out against Israel into the wilderness ; and he came to Yahaz , and fought against Israel . * And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword , and took possession of his land from Arnon unto Yabbok , 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 Emorites , in Cheshbon , and in all the villages thereof . * For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Emorites ; and he had fought against the former king of Moab , and taken all his land out of his hand , up to the Arnon . * Therefore said the poets , Come into Cheshbon , let the city of Sichon be built and established . * For a fire is gone out of Cheshbon , a flame from the city of Sichon : it hath consumed ‘Ar –Moab , the men of the high places of the Arnon . * Woe to thee , Moab ! thou art lost , O people of Kemosh : he hath suffered his sons to become fugitives , and his daughters to go into captivity , unto the king of the Emorites , Sichon . * We have thrown them down ; lost is Cheshbon even unto Dibon , and we have laid waste up to Nophach , which reacheth unto Medeba . * Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Emorites . * And Moses sent to spy out Ya ’zer , and they captured the villages thereof , and drove out the Emorites that were there . * And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan ; and ‘Og , the king of Bashan , went out against them , he , and all his people , to the battle at Edrei . * And the Lord said unto Moses , Fear him not ; for into thy hand have I delivered him , and all his people , and his land ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou hast done unto Sichon , the king of the Emorites , who dwelt at Cheshbon . * And they smote him and his sons , and all his people , until there was none left unto him that escaped ; and they took possession of his land .

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