¶ And when king Arad¹ the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies²; then³ he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

And Israel vowed⁴ a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will⁵ utterly destroy their cities.

And the LORD hearkened⁶ to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly⁷ destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name⁸ of the place Hormah.

¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor⁹ by the way¹⁰ of the Red sea, to compass¹¹ the land of Edom: and the soul¹² of the people was much discouraged¹³ because of the way.

And the people spake¹⁴ 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 soul¹⁵ loatheth this light bread.

¹⁶And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have¹⁷ sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray¹⁸ unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses¹⁹ prayed for the people.

²⁰And 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.

And Moses made a serpent of²¹ brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he²² beheld the serpent of brass, he lived²³.

¶²⁴And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

And they journeyed from Oboth²⁵, and pitched at Ijeabarim²⁶, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared²⁷.

²⁹From 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.

Wherefore it is said in the book³⁰ of the wars of the LORD, What he did³¹ in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar³², and lieth³³ upon the border of Moab.

And from thence they went to Beer³⁴: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather³⁵ the people together, and I will give them water.

Then Israel sang³⁶ this song, Spring up³⁷, O well; sing ye unto it:

The princes³⁸ digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver³⁹, with their staves. And from⁴⁰ the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

¶ And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country⁴¹ of Moab, to the⁴² top of Pisgah⁴³, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

¶⁴⁴And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

⁴⁵Let 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.

And Sihon would⁴⁶ 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 Jahaz⁴⁷, and fought against Israel.

And Israel⁴⁸ smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon⁴⁹ unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt⁵⁰ in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon⁵¹, and in all the villages⁵² thereof.

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 Arnon⁵³.

⁵⁴Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

For there is a fire⁵⁵ gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab⁵⁶, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

⁵⁷Woe 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.

¶ We have shot⁵⁸ at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon⁵⁹, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

⁶⁰Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer⁶¹, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

And they turned⁶³ and went up by the way of Bashan⁶⁴: and Og⁶⁵ the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him⁶⁶ not: for I have⁶⁷ delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt⁶⁸ do to him as thou⁶⁹ didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

⁷⁰So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.