Numbers 21:12–35

^12oFrom there they moved and camped in the Valley of Zered. ¹³From there they moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for ^pthe Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ¹⁴Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord:

⁵“Waheb in Suphah,

The brooks of the Arnon,

¹⁵And the slope of the brooks

That reaches to the dwelling of ^qAr,

And lies on the border of Moab.”

¹⁶From there they went ^rto Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” ^17sThen Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!

All of you sing to it—

¹⁸The well the leaders sank,

Dug by the nation’s nobles,

By the ^tlawgiver, with their staves.”

And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah, ¹⁹from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the ⁶country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks ^udown on the ⁷wasteland.

King Sihon Defeated

²¹Then ^vIsrael sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ^22w“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.” ^23xBut Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together and ⁸went out against Israel in the wilderness, ^yand he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. ²⁴Then ^zIsrael defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified. ²⁵So Israel took all these cities, and Israel ^adwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its villages. ²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon. ²⁷Therefore those who speak in ⁹proverbs say:

“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;

Let the city of Sihon be repaired.

²⁸“For ^bfire went out from Heshbon,

A flame from the city of Sihon;

It consumed ^cAr of Moab,

The lords of the ^dheights of the Arnon.

²⁹Woe to you, ^eMoab!

You have perished, O people of ^fChemosh!

He has given his ^gsons as fugitives,

And his ^hdaughters into captivity,

To Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰“But we have shot at them;

Heshbon has perished ⁱas far as Dibon.

Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,

Which reaches to ^jMedeba.”

³¹Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. ³²Then Moses sent to ¹spy out ^kJazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

King Og Defeated

^33lAnd they turned and went up by the way to ^mBashan. So Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle ⁿat Edrei. ³⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, ^o“Do not fear him, for I have ²delivered him into your hand, with all his people and his land; and ^pyou shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.” ^35qSo they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land.