Numbers 21:10-28

¹⁰And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.

¹¹And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.

¹²And thence they departed, and encamped in the Valley of Zered.

¹³And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

¹⁴Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, And the brooks of Arnon.

¹⁵And he has appointed brooks to cause Ar to dwell there; And it lies near to the coasts of Moab.

¹⁶And thence they came to the well; this is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink.

¹⁷Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin to sing of the well;

¹⁸The princes dug it, The kings of the nations in their kingdom, In their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Mattanah,

¹⁹and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab as seen from the top of the quarried rock that looks toward the wilderness.

²⁰And Moses sent ambassadors to Sihon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,

²¹We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.

²²We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king’s highway, until we have past thy boundaries.

²³And Sihon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz, and set the battle in array against Israel.

²⁴And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jabbok, as far as the children of Ammon, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Ammon.

²⁵And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all cities belonging to it.

²⁶For Heshbon is the city of Sihon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

²⁷Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Heshbon, That the city of Sihon may be built and prepared.

²⁸For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, And has consumed as far as Moab, And devoured the pillars of Arnon.