1And the Canaanite , the king of Arad , who dwelt in the South , heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel , and took some of them captive . 2And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah , and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand , then I will utterly destroy their cities . 3And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel , and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities : and the name of the place was called Hormah .
The Bronze Serpent
4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea , to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way . 5And 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 , and there is no water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread . 6And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people , and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died . 7And the people came to Moses , and said , We have sinned , because we have spoken against Jehovah , and against thee ; pray unto Jehovah , that he take away the serpents from us . And Moses prayed for the people . 8And Jehovah said unto Moses , Make thee a fiery serpent , and set it upon a standard : and it shall come to pass , that every one that is bitten , when he seeth it , shall live . 9And Moses made a serpent of brass , and set it upon the standard : and it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass , he lived .
The Journey to Moab
10And the children of Israel journeyed , and encamped in Oboth. 11And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim , in the wilderness which is before Moab , toward the sunrising . 12From thence they journeyed , and encamped in the valley of Zered . 13From thence they journeyed , and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness , that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab , between Moab and the Amorites. 14Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah , Vaheb in Suphah , And the valleys of the Arnon, 15And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar , And leaneth upon the border of Moab . 16And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses , Gather the people together , and I will give them water . 17Then sang Israel this song : Spring up , O well; sing ye unto it : 18The well, which the princes digged , Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves . And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah ; 19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel ; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; 20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab , to the top of Pisgah , which looketh down upon the desert .
The Conquest of the Amorites
21And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn aside into field , or into vineyard ; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king ’s highway , until we have passed thy border . 23And 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 came to Jahaz ; and he fought against Israel . 24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword , and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok , even unto the children of Ammon ; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong . 25And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon , and in all the towns thereof . 26For 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 the Arnon. 27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon ; Let the city of Sihon be built and established : 28For a fire is gone out of Heshbon , A flame from the city of Sihon : It hath devoured Ar of Moab , The lords of the high places of the Arnon. 29Woe to thee , Moab ! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : He hath given his sons as fugitives , And his daughters into captivity , Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon , And we have laid waste even unto Nophah , Which reacheth unto Medeba . 31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer ; and they took the towns thereof , and drove out the Amorites that were there . 33And 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 battle at Edrei. 34And Jehovah 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, who dwelt at Heshbon . 35So they smote him , and his sons and all his people , until there was none left him remaining : and they possessed his land.