Numbers 21:10–20

The Song of the Well

¹⁰And the people of Israel set out and ^kcamped in Oboth. ^11kAnd they set out from Oboth and ^kcamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise. ¹²From there they set out and camped in ^lthe Valley of Zered. ¹³From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the ^mArnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ¹⁴Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord,

“Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

¹⁵and the slope of the valleys

that extends to the seat of ⁿAr,

and leans to the border of Moab.”

¹⁶And from there they continued ^oto Beer;⁴ that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that ^pI may give them water.” ¹⁷Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—

¹⁸the well that the princes made,

that the nobles of the people dug,

with ^qthe scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah, ¹⁹and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah ^rthat looks down on the desert.⁵