Numbers 21:18-23

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.