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1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 Yahweh listened 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. 4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you Vaheb in Suphah, The valleys of the Arnon, 15 The slope of the valleys That inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, Leans on the border of Moab. 16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well whereof Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then sang Israel this song:
Spring up, well; sing you
18 The well, which the princes dug,
Which the nobles of the people dug,
With the scepter, and with their poles.
From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; 19 and from
Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; 20 and from Bamoth to
the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks
down on the desert. 21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the
Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through your 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 your border. 23 Sihon
would not allow 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. 24 Israel struck him with the edge of
the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the
children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it. 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 to the Arnon.
27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,
Come you
Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon:
It has devoured Ar of Moab,
The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab!
You are undone, people of Chemosh:
He has given his sons as fugitives,
His daughters into captivity,
To Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon,
We have laid waste even to Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba.
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32 Moses sent to spy
out Jazer; and they took the towns of it, and drove out the Amorites who were
there. 33 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.
34 Yahweh said to Moses, Don’t fear him: for I have delivered him into
your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you
did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. 35 So they struck
him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him
remaining: and they possessed his land.
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