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Numbers 21

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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.

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."

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.

4 They marched from Mount Hor on the Reed Sea road around the land of Edom. The people became impatient on the road.

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!"

6 So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites 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.

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."

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.

10 Then the Israelites marched and they camped at Oboth.

11 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the border of Moab toward the east.

12 From there they marched and camped in the Zered ravine.

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.

14 For this reason the scroll of the LORD's wars says: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines. The Arnon

15 and the ravines that extend to the settlement of Ar and lie along 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."

17 Then the Israelites sang this song: "Well, flow up! Sing about 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;

19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

20 from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon.

21 Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon the Amorite king:

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."

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.

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.

25 The Israelites took all these cities. Then the Israelites settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and 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.

27 Therefore, the poets 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.

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.

30 Yet we have thrown them down, destroying them from Heshbon to Dibon. We brought ruin until Nophah, which is by Medeba."

31 Israel settled 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.

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.

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.

35 They slaughtered Og, his sons, and all his people until there were no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.

The Message Bible MSG

1 The Canaanite king of Arad, ruling in the Negev, heard that Israel was advancing up the road to Atharim. He attacked Israel and took prisoners of war.

2 Israel vowed a vow to God: "If you will give this people into our power, we'll destroy their towns and present the ruins to you as a holy destruction."

3 God listened to Israel's prayer and gave them the Canaanites. They destroyed both them and their towns, a holy destruction. They named the place Hormah (Holy Destruction).

4 They set out from Mount Hor along the Red Sea Road, a detour around the land of Edom. The people became irritable and cross as they traveled.

5 They spoke out against God and Moses: "Why did you drag us out of Egypt to die in this godforsaken country? No decent food; no water - we can't stomach this stuff any longer."

6 So God sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit them and many in Israel died.

7 The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke out against God and you. Pray to God; ask him to take these snakes from us." Moses prayed for the people.

8 God said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it on a flagpole: Whoever is bitten and looks at it will live."

9 So Moses made a snake of fiery copper and put it on top of a flagpole. Anyone bitten by a snake who then looked at the copper snake lived.

10 The People of Israel set out and camped at Oboth.

11 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab on the east.

12 They went from there and pitched camp in the Zered Valley.

13 Their next camp was alongside the Arnon River, which marks the border between Amorite country and Moab.

14 The Book of the Wars of God refers to this place: Waheb in Suphah, the canyons of Arnon;

15 Along the canyon ravines that lead to the village Ar And lean hard against the border of Moab.

16 They went on to Beer (The Well), where God said to Moses, "Gather the people; I'll give them water."

17 That's where Israel sang this song: Erupt, Well! Sing the Song of the Well,

18 the well sunk by princes, Dug out by the peoples' leaders digging with their scepters and staffs.

19 to Nahaliel to Bamoth (The Heights)

20 to the valley that opens into the fields of Moab from where Pisgah (The Summit) rises and overlooks Jeshimon (Wasteland).

21 Israel sent emissaries to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

22 "Let us cross your land. We won't trespass into your fields or drink water in your vineyards. We'll keep to the main road, the King's Road, until we're through your land."

23 But Sihon wouldn't let Israel go through. Instead he got his army together and marched into the wilderness to fight Israel. At Jahaz he attacked Israel.

24 But Israel fought hard, beat him soundly, and took possession of his land from the Arnon all the way to the Jabbok right up to the Ammonite border. They stopped there because the Ammonite border was fortified.

25 Israel took and occupied all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its surrounding villages.

26 Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon king of the Amorites. He had attacked the former king of Moab and captured all his land as far north as the river Arnon.

27 That is why the folk singers sing, Come to Heshbon to rebuild the city, restore Sihon's town.

28 Fire once poured out of Heshbon, flames from the city of Sihon; Burning up Ar of Moab, the natives of Arnon's heights.

29 Doom, Moab! The people of Chemosh, done for! Sons turned out as fugitives, daughters abandoned as captives to the king of the Amorites, to Sihon.

30 Oh, but we finished them off: Nothing left of Heshbon as far as Dibon; Devastation as far off as Nophah, scorched earth all the way to Medeba.

31 Israel moved in and lived in Amorite country.

32 Moses sent men to scout out Jazer. They captured its villages and drove away the Amorites who lived there.

33 Then they turned north on the road to Bashan. Og king of Bashan marched out with his entire army to meet Moses in battle at Edrei.

34 God said to Moses, "Don't be afraid of him. I'm making a present of him to you, him and all his people and his land. Treat him the same as Sihon king of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon."

35 So they attacked him, his sons, and all the people - there was not a single survivor. Israel took the land.