| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that the Israelites were approaching on the road through Atharim. So he attacked the Israelites and took some of them as prisoners. | 1When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner. |
| 2Then the people of Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.” | 2So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities." |
| 3The LORD heard the Israelites’ request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah ever since. The Bronze Snake | 3The LORD listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah. |
| 4Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey, | 4Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way. |
| 5and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!” | 5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food." |
| 6So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died. | 6So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died. |
| 7Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people. | 7Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that he would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people. |
| 8Then the LORD told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!” | 8The LORD said to Moses, "Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live." |
| 9So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed! Israel’s Journey to Moab | 9So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived. |
| 10The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there. | 10The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth. |
| 11Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab. | 11Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, on the eastern side. |
| 12From there they traveled to the valley of Zered Brook and set up camp. | 12From there they moved on and camped in the valley of Zered. |
| 13Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites. | 13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. |
| 14For this reason The Book of the Wars of the LORD speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River, | 14This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon |
| 15and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.” | 15and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab." |
| 16From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.” | 16And from there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the LORD spoke to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water." |
| 17There the Israelites sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Yes, sing its praises! | 17Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well, sing to it! |
| 18Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah, | 18The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs." And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; |
| 19Nahaliel, and Bamoth. | 19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; |
| 20After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland. Victory over Sihon and Og | 20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness. |
| 21The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message: | 21Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, |
| 22“Let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won’t even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s road until we have passed through your territory.” | 22"Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King's Highway until we pass your borders." |
| 23But King Sihon refused to let them cross his territory. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz. | 23But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. |
| 24But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified. | 24But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended. |
| 25So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages. | 25So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. |
| 26Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River. | 26For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon. |
| 27Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored. | 27That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! |
| 28A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights. | 28For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon. |
| 29What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king. | 29Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. |
| 30We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba. ” | 30We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba." |
| 31So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites. | 31So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites. |
| 32After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there. | 32Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. |
| 33Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei. | 33Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei. |
| 34The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.” | 34And the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. |
| 35And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land. | 35So they defeated Og, his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, and they possessed his land. |
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