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serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that who had fought against the former king of
everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, Moab, and had taken all his land from his
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shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent, hand as far as the Arnon. Therefore those
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and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent who speak in proverbs say:
had bitten anyone, when he looked at the “Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
bronze serpent, he lived.
10 Now the children of Israel moved on and Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
camped in Oboth. And they journeyed from 28 “For fire went out from Heshbon,
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Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the A flame from the city of Sihon;
wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the It consumed Ar of Moab,
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sunrise. From there they moved and camped The lords of the heights of the Arnon.
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in the Valley of Zered. From there they 29 Woe to you, Moab!
moved and camped on the other side of the You have perished, O people of
Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends Chemosh!
from the border of the Amorites; for the He has given his sons as fugitives,
Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab And his daughters into captivity,
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and the Amorites. Therefore it is said in the To Sihon king of the Amorites.
Book of the Wars of the LORD: 30 “But we have shot at them;
“Waheb in Suphah, Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon.
The brooks of the Arnon, Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,
15 And the slope of the brooks Which reaches to Medeba.”
That reaches to the dwelling of Ar, 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the
And lies on the border of Moab.”
Amorites. Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer;
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16 From there they went to Beer, which is the and they took its villages and drove out the
well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the Amorites who were there.
people together, and I will give them water.” 33 And they turned and went up by the way to
17 Then Israel sang this song: Bashan. So Og king of Bashan went out
against them, he and all his people, to battle at
“Spring up, O well! Edrei. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Do not
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All of you sing to it—
18 The well the leaders sank, fear him, for I have delivered him into your
Dug by the nation’s nobles, hand, with all his people and his land; and you
shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the
By the lawgiver, with their staves.”
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Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.” So they
And from the wilderness they went to defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until
Mattanah, from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from there was no survivor left him; and they took
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Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth, in the possession of his land.
valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top Then the children of Israel moved, and
of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland. 22 camped in the plains of Moab on the
21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king side of the Jordan across from Jericho.
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of the Amorites, saying, “Let me pass 2 Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that
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through your land. We will not turn aside into Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab
fields or vineyards; we will not drink water was exceedingly afraid of the people because
from wells. We will go by the King’s Highway they were many, and Moab was sick with
until we have passed through your territory.” dread because of the children of Israel. So
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23 But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this
through his territory. So Sihon gathered all company will lick up everything around us, as
his people together and went out against an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And
Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz Balak the son of Zippor was king of the
and fought against Israel. Then Israel defeat- Moabites at that time. Then he sent messen-
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ed him with the edge of the sword, and took gers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor,
possession of his land from the Arnon to the which is near the River in the land of the sons
Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a peo-
border of the people of Ammon was fortified. ple has come from Egypt. See, they cover the
25 So Israel took all these cities, and Israel face of the earth, and are settling next to me!
dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in 6 Therefore please come at once, curse this
Heshbon and in all its villages. For Heshbon people for me, for they are too mighty for me.
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was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and
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