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9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit anyone, that person looked at the bronze snake and lived.
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So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
10 The Israelites went and camped at Oboth.
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The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.
11 They went from Oboth to Iye Abarim, in the desert east of Moab.
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Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise.
12 From there they went and camped in the Zered Valley.
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From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley.
13 From there they went and camped across the Arnon, in the desert just inside the Amorite country. The Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
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They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says: ". . . and Waheb in Suphah, and the ravines, the Arnon,
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That is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD says: “. . . Zahab in Suphah and the ravines, the Arnon
15 and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar. These places are at the border of Moab."
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and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
16 The Israelites went from there to Beer; a well is there where the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water."
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From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”
17 Then the Israelites sang this song: "Pour out water, well! Sing about it.
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Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it,
18 Princes dug this well. Important men made it. With their scepters and poles, they dug it." The people went from the desert to Mattanah.
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about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,
19 From Mattanah they went to Nahaliel and on to Bamoth.
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from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
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