Num 21
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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 Gr. a captivity of them some of them captives.
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And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will deliver this people into
my power, I will devote it and its cities to you.
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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
Gr. devoted thing Anathema.
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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.
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And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Have you
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.
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And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much
people of the children of Israel died.
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And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against
the Lord, and against you: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent
from us.
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And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make you
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.
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And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-staff: and it came to
pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived.
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And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth.
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And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in
the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east.
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And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared.
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And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness,
the country which extends from the coasts of the Gr. Amorite Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and
the Amorites.
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Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks
of Arnon.
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And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts
of Moab.
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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.
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Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin to sing Gr. of the well for it of the well;
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the princes dug 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,
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and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Or, Jane, but the reading is uncertain Janen,
which is in the plain of Moab as seen from the top of the quarried rock that
looks toward the wilderness.
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And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,
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We will pass through your land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to
the field or to the vineyard.
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We will not drink water out of your well; we will go by the king’s highway, until
we have past your boundaries.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon
may be built and prepared.
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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.
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Woe to you, Moab; you are lost, you people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation,
and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites.
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And their seed shall perish from Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther
kindled a fire against Moab.
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And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out
the Amorite that dwelt there.
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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.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people,
and all his land, into your hands; and you shall do to him as you did to Seon king
of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon.
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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.