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* The king of Arad , the Canaanite , who dwelt in the South , heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim . Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners . * So Israel made a vow to the LORD , and said , "If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities ." * And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites , and they utterly destroyed them and their cities . So the name of that place was called Hormah . * Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea , to go around the land of Edom ; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way . * And the people spoke against God and against Moses : "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? For there is no food and no water , and our soul loathes this worthless bread ." * So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people , and they bit the people ; and many of the people of Israel died . * Therefore the people came to Moses , and said , "We have sinned , for we have spoken against the LORD and against you ; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us ." So Moses prayed for the people . * Then the LORD said to Moses , "Make a fiery serpent , and set it on a pole ; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten , when he looks at it , shall live ." * So Moses made a bronze serpent , and put it on a pole ; and so it was , if a serpent had bitten anyone , when he looked at the bronze serpent , he lived . * Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth . * And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim , in the wilderness which is east of Moab , toward the sunrise . * From there they moved and camped in the Valley of Zered . * From there they moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon , which is in the wilderness that extends from 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 the LORD : "Waheb in Suphah , The brooks of the Arnon , * And the slope of the brooks That reaches to the dwelling of Ar , And lies on the border of Moab ." * From there they went to Beer , which is the well where the LORD said to Moses , "Gather the people together , and I will give them water ." * Then Israel sang this song : "Spring up , O well ! All of you sing to it -- * The well the leaders sank , Dug by the nation 's nobles , By the lawgiver , with their staves ." And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah , * from Mattanah to Nahaliel , from Nahaliel to Bamoth , * and from Bamoth , in the valley that is in the country of Moab , to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland . * Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites , saying , * "Let me pass through your land . We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards ; we will not drink water from wells . We will go by the King 's Highway until we have passed through your territory ." * But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory . So Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel in the wilderness , and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel . * Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword , and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok , as far as the people of Ammon ; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified . * So Israel took all these cities , and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites , in Heshbon and in all its villages . * For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites , who had fought against the former king of Moab , and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon . * Therefore those who speak in proverbs say : "Come to Heshbon , let it be built ; Let the city of Sihon be repaired . * "For fire went out from Heshbon , A flame from the city of Sihon ; It consumed Ar of Moab , The lords of the heights of the Arnon . * Woe to you , Moab ! You have perished , O people of Chemosh ! He has given his sons as fugitives , And his daughters into captivity , To Sihon king of the Amorites . * "But we have shot at them ; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon . Then we laid waste as far as Nophah , Which reaches to Medeba ." * Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites . * Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer ; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there . * And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan . So Og king of Bashan went out against them , he and all his people , to battle at Edrei . * Then the LORD said to Moses , "Do not fear him , for I have delivered him into your hand , with all his people and his land ; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites , who dwelt at Heshbon ." * So they defeated him , his sons , and all his people , until there was no survivor left him ; and they took possession of his land .

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