21:1 And Arad the Chananitish king who dwelt
by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharin; and he made
war on Israel, and carried off some of them captives.
21:2 And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this
people into my power, I will devote it and its cities [to thee].
21:3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the
Chananite into his power; and [Israel] devoted him and his cities, and they
called the name of that place Anathema.
21:4 And having departed from mount Or by the way [leading] to the Red Sea,
they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way.
21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is
this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for
there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
21:6 And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the
people, and much people of the children of Israel died.
21:7 And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have
spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and
let him take away the serpent from us.
21:8 And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to
Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal-[staff]; and it shall
come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one [so] bitten
that looks upon it shall live.
21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signa-[staff]: and
it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the
brazen serpent, he lived.
21:10 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.
21:11 And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the
farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.
21:12 And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.
21:13 And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in
the wilderness, [the country] which extends from the coasts of the Amorites;
for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
21:14 Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob,
and the brooks of Arnon.
21:15 And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell [there]; and it lies
near to the coasts of Moab.
21:16 And thence [they came to] the well; this [is] the well of which the
Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink.
21:17 Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin [to sing] of the well;
21:18 the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in
their lordship sank it in the rock: and [they went] from the well to
Manthanain,
21:19 and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from
Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab [as seen] from the top of the
quarried [rock] that looks toward the wilderness.
21:20 And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with
peaceable words, saying,
21:21 We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not
turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.
21:22 We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king's
highway, until we have past thy boundaries.
21:23 And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon
gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against
Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa, and set the battle in
array against Israel.
21:24 And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became
possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of
Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.
21:25 And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it.
21:26 For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before
fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to
Arnon.
21:27 Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the
city of Seon may be built and prepared.
21:28 For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon,
and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.
21:29 Woe to thee, Moab; thou art lost, thou people of Chamos: their sons
are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of
the Amorites.
21:30 And their seed shall perish [from] Esebon to Daebon; and their women
have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.
21:31 And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages,
and cast out the Amorite that dwelt there.
21:33 And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Basan; and Og
the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to
Edrain.
21:34 And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and
all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him
as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon.
21:35 And he smote him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none
of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land. |
21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which
dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies;
then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called
the name of the place Hormah.
21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass
the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of
the way.
21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread,
neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he
take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when
he looketh upon it, shall live.
21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came
to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of
brass, he lived.
21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites:
for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did
in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,
and lieth upon the border of Moab.
21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness
they went to Mattanah:
21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the
top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
21:22 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.
21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21:24 And Israel smote 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.
21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
21:26 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, even unto Arnon.
21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the
city of Sihon be built and prepared:
21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of
Arnon.
21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given
his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of
the Amorites.
21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have
laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof,
and drove out the Amorites that were there.
21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him
into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as
thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was
none left him alive: and they possessed his land. |