Numbers 21:15-32

¹⁵And at the flowing of the streams which lead towards Lechayath, and are joined at the confine of Moab.

¹⁶And from thence was given to them the well, which is the well whereof the Lord spake to Mosheh, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

¹⁷Therefore sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it.

¹⁸The well which the princes digged, the chiefs of the people cut it, the scribes with their staves; it was given to them in the wilderness.

¹⁹And from (the time) that it was given to them it descended with them to the rivers, and from the rivers it went up with them to the height,

²⁰And from the height to the vale which is in the fields of Moab, at the head of Ramatha, which looketh towards Beth Jeshimon.

²¹And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amoraah, saying:

²²I would pass through thy country: I will not turn aside into field or vineyard; we will not drink of the waters of the cistern; by the king’s highway will we go until we have crossed thy border.

²³But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his coast; and Sihon gathered all his people, and came out to prevent Israel in the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and arrayed battle against Israel.

²⁴And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, unto the Beni Ammon; for the border of the Beni Ammon was strong.

²⁵And Israel subdued all those cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amoraah, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amoraah; he had made war with the former king of Moab, and had taken all his territory from his hand unto Arnon.

²⁷Therefore, say the proverbs: Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be builded and finished:

²⁸For an east wind strong as fire hath gone out from Heshbon, and the servants of war (as) with a flame from the city of Sihon: they have slain the people who inhabited Lechayath of Moab, the priests who ministered in the idol-temple in the height of Arnona.

²⁹Woe to you, Moabaee, you are undone, ye people who have worshipped Kemosh; he hath delivered up his besieged sons and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon, king of the Amoraah.

³⁰And the kingdom hath ceased from Heshbon, the dominion hath passed away from Dibon, they have laid waste unto Nophak which joineth Medeba.

³¹And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amoraah.

³²And Mosheh sent to explore Jaazer; and they subdued the towns, and drave out the Amoraah who were therein.