21 And when king Arad
the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by
the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them
prisoners. 2 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. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of
Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them
and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by
the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the
people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul
loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among
the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and
said, We have sinned, for 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. 8 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 looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and
put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any
man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 And the children of Israel set forward,
and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched
at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched
in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched
on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of
the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab
and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of
the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that
goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that
is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together,
and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up,
O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The princes
digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction
of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went
to Mattanah: 19 And
from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And
from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top
of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. 21 And
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let
me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the
vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go
along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 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 he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And
Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from
Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of
the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And
Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 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 Arnon. 27 Wherefore
they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon
be built and prepared: 28 For
there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it
hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe
to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his
sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of
the Amorites. 30 We
have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid
them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 Thus
Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and
drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 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 the battle at edrei. 34 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, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So
they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none
left him alive: and they possessed his land.