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And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORDspake unto Moses,Gather the peopletogether, and I will give them water.
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Then Israelsang this song, Spring up, O well;sing ye unto it:
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The princesdigged the well, the nobles of the peopledigged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
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And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country[a] of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which lookethtowardJeshimon.
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And Israelsentmessengers unto Sihonking of the Amorites,saying,
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Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
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And Sihon would not sufferIsrael to pass through his border: but Sihongathered all his peopletogether, and went outagainstIsrael into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
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And Israelsmote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
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And Israeltook all these cities: and Israeldwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages[b] thereof.
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For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the formerking of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.