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1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain, heard that the Israelites were coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.
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When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
2 Then Israel made a solemn promise to the LORD and said, "If you give this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their city."
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And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction. ”
3 The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed the Canaanites over. They completely destroyed them and their cities, so the name of the place is called Hormah.
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And the Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah.
4 They marched from Mount Hor on the Reed Sea road around the land of Edom. The people became impatient on the road.
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From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
5 The people spoke against God and Moses: "Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us in the desert, where there is no food or water. And we detest this miserable bread!"
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And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food. ”
6 So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died.
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Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
7 The people went to Moses and said, "We've sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD so that he will send the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
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And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. ” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 The LORD said to Moses, "Make a poisonous snake and place it on a pole. Whoever is bitten can look at it and live."
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And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. ”
9 Moses made a bronze snake and placed it on a pole. If a snake bit someone, that person could look at the bronze snake and live.
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So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
10 Then the Israelites marched and they camped at Oboth.
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And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.
11 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the border of Moab toward the east.
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And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.
12 From there they marched and camped in the Zered ravine.
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From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
13 From there they marched and camped across the Arnon in the desert that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon was the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 For this reason the scroll of the LORD's wars says: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines. The Arnon
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Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,
15 and the ravines that extend to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.
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and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab. ”
16 From there they marched to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people, and I'll give them water."
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And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that I may give them water. ”
17 Then the Israelites sang this song: "Well, flow up! Sing about it!
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Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! —Sing to it! —
18 The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler's scepter and their staffs." They marched from the desert to Mattanah;
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the well that the princes made, that the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter and with their staffs. ”And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,
19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
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and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon.
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and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
21 Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon the Amorite king:
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Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 "Let us pass through your land. We won't turn aside into a field or vineyard. We won't drink water from a well. We will walk on the King's Highway until we cross your border."
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“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory. ”
23 But Sihon wouldn't allow the Israelites to cross his border. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet the Israelites in the desert. When he came to Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites.
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But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
24 The Israelites struck him down with their swords and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was fortified.
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And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
25 The Israelites took all these cities. Then the Israelites settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its villages.
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And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26 Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Amorite king who had fought against the former king of Moab. He had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon.
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For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
27 Therefore, the poets say: "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established.
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Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
28 Fire went out from Heshbon, flame from Sihon's city. It consumed Ar of Moab and swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon.
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For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon.
29 You are doomed, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He gave his sons as fugitives, and his daughters as captives to the Amorite king Sihon.
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Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 Yet we have thrown them down, destroying them from Heshbon to Dibon. We brought ruin until Nophah, which is by Medeba."
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So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba. ”
31 Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
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Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32 Moses sent spies to Jazer. They captured its villages and took possession of the Amorites who were there.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
33 Then they turned and ascended the road of Bashan. Og, Bashan's king, came out at Edrei to meet them in battle, he and all his people.
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Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
34 The LORD said to Moses: Don't be afraid of him, for I have handed over all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon.
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But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. ”
35 They slaughtered Og, his sons, and all his people until there were no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.
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So they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor left. And they possessed his land.
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