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Numbers 21


Numbers 21 - 1

When the Canaanite king of Arad , who lived in the Negev , heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim , he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.

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Numbers 21 - 2

So Israel made a vow to the LORD ... : “ If You will deliver ... - this people into our hands , we will devote - their cities {to destruction}. ”

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Numbers 21 - 3

And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up - the Canaanites. (Israel) devoted them and their cities {to destruction} ; so they named ... the place Hormah.

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Numbers 21 - 4

Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea , in order to bypass - the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient ... on the journey

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Numbers 21 - 5

- and spoke against God and against Moses : “ Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? ... There is no bread ... or water , and we detest this wretched food ! ”

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Numbers 21 - 6

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among (the people) , - and many vvv of the Israelites were bitten - - and died.

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Numbers 21 - 7

Then the people came to Moses and said , “ We have sinned by speaking against the LORD Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us. ” - So Moses interceded for the people.

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Numbers 21 - 8

Then the LORD said to Moses , “ Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. ... When anyone who is bitten looks at it , - he will live. ”

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Numbers 21 - 9

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. ... If anyone who was bitten looked at ... the bronze snake - , he would live.

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Numbers 21 - 10

Then the Israelites ... set out and camped at Oboth.

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Numbers 21 - 11

They journeyed from Oboth and camped vvv at Iye-abarim in the wilderness - opposite Moab to the east ....

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Numbers 21 - 12

From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.

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Numbers 21 - 13

From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon , - in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border - between the Moabites and the Amorites.

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Numbers 21 - 14

Therefore ... it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD : “ Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon ,

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Numbers 21 - 15

even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab. ”

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Numbers 21 - 16

From there (they went on) to Beer , ... the well where the LORD said to Moses , “ Gather - the people so that I may give water. ”

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Numbers 21 - 17

Then Israel - sang this song : “ Spring up , O well , all of you sing

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Numbers 21 - 18

The princes dug the well ; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs. ” From the wilderness (the Israelites went on) to Mattanah ,

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Numbers 21 - 19

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel , and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ,

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Numbers 21 - 20

and from Bamoth to the valley - (in) Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks ... ... the wasteland.

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Numbers 21 - 21

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites , saying ,

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Numbers 21 - 22

“ Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard , (or) drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until - we have passed through your territory. ”

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Numbers 21 - 23

But Sihon - would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he - gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz , he fought against Israel.

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Numbers 21 - 24

And Israel put him vvv to the sword and took possession of - his land , from the Arnon to the Jabbok — but only up to the border of the Ammonites ... ... ... , because it was fortified.

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Numbers 21 - 25

Israel - captured all the cities ... of the Amorites - and occupied - (them) , including Heshbon and all its villages.

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Numbers 21 - 26

- Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites , who ... had fought against the former king of Moab and taken - all his land ... as far as the Arnon.

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Numbers 21 - 27

That is why ... the poets say : “ Come to Heshbon , let it be rebuilt ; let the city of Sihon be restored.

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Numbers 21 - 28

For a fire went out from Heshbon , a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab , the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

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Numbers 21 - 29

Woe O Moab ! You are destroyed , O people of Chemosh ! He gave up his sons as refugees , and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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Numbers 21 - 30

But we have overthrown them ; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah , which reaches to Medeba. ”

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Numbers 21 - 31

So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

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Numbers 21 - 32

After Moses had sent spies - to Jazer , Israel captured its villages and drove out - the Amorites who were there.

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Numbers 21 - 33

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan , and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

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Numbers 21 - 34

But the LORD said to Moses , “ Do not fear him , - for I have delivered him into your hand , along with all his people - and his land. Do as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites , who lived in Heshbon. ”

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Numbers 21 - 35

So they struck down (Og) , - along with his sons - and his whole army , until no remnant was left - And they took possession of - his land.

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