Numbers 21
1 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.