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9 So Moses made a bronze snake. He put it up on a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake remained alive.
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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 people of Israel moved on. They camped at Oboth.
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The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.
11 Then they started out from Oboth. They camped in Iye Abarim. It's in the desert on the eastern border 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 moved on. They camped in the Zered Valley.
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From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley.
13 They started out from there and camped by the Arnon River. It's in the desert that spreads out into the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the border of Moab. It's between Moab 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 Here is what the Book of the Wars of the LORD says about it. It says, "Sing about Waheb in Suphah and the valleys. Sing about 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 valleys. They lead to the place called Ar. They lie along 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 From there the people of Israel continued on to Beer. That was the well where the LORD spoke to Moses. He said, "Gather the people together. I will give them water to drink."
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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 Israel sang a song. They said, "Spring up, you well! Sing about it.
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Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it,
18 Sing about the well the princes dug. Sing about the well the nobles of the people dug. All of their rulers were holding their rods and staffs." Then the people of Israel 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 They went from Mattanah to Nahaliel. They went from Nahaliel to Bamoth.
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from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
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