7The people went to see Moses and told him, “We were wrong to make complaints against the Lord and against you. Please pray to the Lord to get rid of the snakes from us.” Moses prayed to the Lord on their behalf.
8The Lord told Moses, “Make a model of a snake and put it on a pole. When anyone who has been bitten looks at it, they will live.”
9Moses made a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Those who looked at it did live.
10The Israelites left and camped at Oboth.
11Then they moved on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the east side of Moab.
12They left there and camped in the Valley of Zered.
13Then they moved on from there and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the desert near Amorite territory. The Arnon River is the border between the Moab and the Amorites.
14That's why the Book of the Wars of the Lord refers to “the town of Waheb in Suphah and the canyon of the Arnon,
15the canyon slopes that reach the village of Ar that lies on the border with Moab.”
16From there they moved on to Beer, the well where the Lord told Moses, “Have the people gather together so I can give them water.”
17Then the Israelites sang this song: “Pour out water, well! Everyone of you sing to it!
18The tribal chiefs dug the well; yes the leaders of the people dug the well with their rods of authority and their walking sticks.” The Israelites left the desert and carried on to Mattanah.
19From Mattanah they traveled to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wastelands.
21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the following request: