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1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the Atharim caravan route, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

1When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

2Then Israel made this vow in the LORD's presence: "If you give these people into our control, we intend to devote their cities to total destruction."

2So 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."

3When the LORD heard what Israel had decided to do, he delivered the Canaanites to them, and Israel exterminated them and their cities. They named the place Hormah.

3The LORD heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah.

4After this, they traveled from Mount Hor along the caravan route by way of the Sea of Reeds and went around the land of Edom. But when the people got impatient because it was a long route,

4Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey.

5the people complained against the LORD and Moses. "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?" they asked. "There's no food and water, and we're tired of this worthless bread."

5The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food."

6In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.

6The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

7Then the people approached Moses and admitted, "We've sinned by speaking against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD, that he'll remove the serpents from us." So Moses prayed in behalf of the people.

7So the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpents from us." And Moses interceded for the people.

8Then the LORD instructed Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent out of brass and fasten it to a pole. Anyone who has been bitten and who looks at it will live."

8Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live."

9So Moses made a bronze serpent and fastened it to a pole. If a person who had been bitten by a poisonous serpent looked to the serpent, he lived.

9And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

10After this, the Israelis traveled and encamped at Oboth.

10Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth.

11Then they traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is in the vicinity of Moab's eastern border.

11They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, to the east.

12From there, they traveled and encamped in the valley of Zered.

12From there they set out and camped in Wadi Zered.

13Then they traveled to the other side of Arnon and camped in the wilderness that borders the territory of the Amorites. (Arnon borders Moab between Moab and the Amorites,

13From there they journeyed and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

14Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, And the wadis of the Arnon,

15and the slope of the valleys, that extends to the dwelling places of Ar and the borders of Moab.")

15And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of Ar, And leans to the border of Moab."

16From there they traveled to the Well of Beer, where the LORD had instructed Moses, "Gather the people together and I'll give you water."

16From there they continued to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water."

17That's also where Israel sang this song: Rise up, well! Sing to it!

17Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! Sing to it!

18It's the well that the leaders dug, the one carved out by the nobles of the people with their scepters and staffs. Then they moved on in the wilderness from there to Mattanah,

18"The well, which the leaders sank, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

19then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

20and from Bamoth to the valley of Moab where their fields are, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, that looks down toward the open desert.

20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah which overlooks the wasteland.

21Later, Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who conveyed this request:

21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

22"Permit us to pass through your land. We won't trespass in your fields or vineyards. We won't drink water from any well, and we'll only travel along the King's Highway until we've passed through your territory."

22"Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have passed through your border."

23Instead of letting Israel pass through his territory, Sihon mustered his entire army and marched out to meet them in the wilderness. He arrived at Jahaz and attacked Israel.

23But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. So Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

24But Israel defeated him in battle and took possession of all his lands from Arnon to Jabbok, including the Ammonites, even though the border of the Ammonites was strong.

24Then Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was Jazer.

25So Israel captured all of those cities, occupied all the Amorite cities in Heshbon, and all its towns.

25Israel took all these cities and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages.

26Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who fought against the previous king of Moab and captured all his land from his capital city to Arnon.

26For 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 out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

27Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say: Come to Heshbon and let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be established!

27Therefore those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.

28A fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places who lived in Arnon.

28"For a fire went forth from Heshbon, A flame from the town of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab, The dominant heights of the Arnon.

29Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, you people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters have gone into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

29"Woe to you, O Moab! You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon.

30We've fired at them. Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We've destroyed them as far as Nophah even as far as Medeba.

30"But we have cast them down, Heshbon is ruined as far as Dibon, Then we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."

31So Israel lived in Amorite territory.

31Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

32Then Moses sent out explorers to scout Jazer. They captured its towns and drove out the Amorites who were there.

32Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

33Then they turned toward Bashan. However, Og, the king of Bashan, mustered his army and went out to attack them at Edrei.

33Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out with all his people, for battle at Edrei.

34The LORD told Moses, "You are not to fear him, because I'm going to deliver him, his entire army, and his land into your control. Do to him just what you've done to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who used to live in Heshbon."

34But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given 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."

35So they attacked him, his sons, and his entire army, until there wasn't even a single survivor left. Then they took possession of his land.

35So they killed him and his sons and all his people, until there was no remnant left him; and they possessed his land.

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