16From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
17There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out the dirt with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
19Nahaliel, and Bamoth villages.
20Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Mountain rises above the desert.
21Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message that they/we gave him: