Numbers 21:4-35

⁴And having departed from mount Or by the way leading to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way.

⁵And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast you brought us ought of Egypt to kill us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

⁶And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died.

⁷And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.

⁸And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make you a serpent, and put it on a signal-staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one so bitten that looks upon it shall live.

⁹And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-staff: and it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived.

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 Zared.

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 Er 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 digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

¹⁹and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel 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 Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceful words, saying,

²¹We will pass through your 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 your well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past your boundaries.

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

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

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

²⁶For Esebon is the city of Seon 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 Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.

²⁸For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.

²⁹Woe to you, Moab; you are lost, you people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites.

³⁰And their seed shall perish from Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.

³¹And Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites.

³²And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorite that lived there.

³³And having returned, they went up the road thhebraismat leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain.

³⁴And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into your hands; and you shall do to him as you did to Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon.

³⁵And he struck him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land.