Numbers 21:16-30

¹⁶From that place the pit appeared, of which the Lord spake to Moses, Gather thou together the people, and I shall give water to it.

¹⁷Then Israel sang this song, The water of the pit, ascend or go up; they sang together,

¹⁸The pit which the princes digged, and the dukes of the multitude made ready, in the giver of the law, and in their staves. And they went forth from the wilderness to Mattanah,

¹⁹from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel into Bamoth;

²⁰Bamoth is a valley in the country of Moab, in the top of Pisgah, that beholdeth against the desert.

²¹Soothly Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of Amorites, and said,

²²I beseech thee, that it be leaveful to me to pass through thy land; we shall not bow into thy fields, and vineries or vines; we shall not drink waters of thy pits; we shall go in the king’s way, till we pass by thy terms.

²³Which would not grant that Israel should pass through his coasts, but rather, when his host was gathered, he went out against Israel, into desert. And he came into Jahaz, and fought against Israel;

²⁴of whom he was smitten in the sharpness of sword, and his land was wielded of Israel from Arnon unto Jabbok, and Ammon’s sons, or his host; for the coasts of Ammonites were holden with strong help, or power.

²⁵Therefore Israel took all his cities, and dwelled in the cities of Amorites, that is, in Heshbon, and in his towns.

²⁶The city of Heshbon was Sihon’s, king of Amorites, which Sihon fought against the king of Moab, and took all the land that was of his lordship, till to Arnon.

²⁷Therefore it is said in proverb, Come ye into Heshbon, be it builded, and made, the city of Sihon;

²⁸fire went out of Heshbon, flame went out of the city of Sihon, and devoured Ar of Moabites, and the dwellers of the high places of Arnon.

²⁹Moab, woe to thee! thou, people of Chemosh, hast perished; it gave the sons thereof into flight, and the daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of Amorites;

³⁰the yoke, or lordship, of them perished, from Heshbon unto Dibon; the weary men came into Nophah, and unto Medeba.