1Dan ketika raja Arad, orang Kanaan, yang berdiam di sebelah Selatan, mendengar khabar bahawa Israel telah datang menurusi jalan orang pengintip; maka dia berperang melawan Israel, dan mengambil sesetengah mereka sebagai orang tawanan.
2Dan Israel membuat nazar kepada TUHAN, dan berkata, Jika kamu memang akan menyerahkan bangsa ini ke dalam tanganku, maka aku akan membinasa sama sekali kota-kota mereka.
3Dan TUHAN mengendahkan suara Israel, dan menyerahkan orang Kanaan; dan mereka membinasa sama sekali orang-orang itu dan kota-kotanya: dan dia memanggil nama tempat itu Horma.
4Dan mereka mengembara dari gunung Hor melalui jalan persisiran Laut Merah, untuk mengelilingi tanah Edom: dan jiwa umat itu sungguh susah hati kerana jalan itu.
5Dan umat itu berucap menentang Allah, dan menentang Musa, Mengapakah kalian membawa kami keluar dari Mesir untuk mati di padang gurun? sebab tiada roti, dan juga tiada apa pun air; dan jiwa kami muak akan roti yang ringan ini.
6Dan TUHAN menghantar ular-ular yang ganas di kalangan umat itu, dan ia memagut umat itu; dan banyak orang Israel mati.
7Oleh sebab itu, umat itu datang ke Musa, dan berkata, Kami telah berdosa, sebab kami telah berucap menentang Allah, dan menentang kamu; doakanlah kepada TUHAN, supaya dia menjauhkan ular-ular itu daripada kami. Dan Musa berdoa untuk umat itu.
8Dan TUHAN berfirman kepada Musa, Biar kamu buat ular yang ganas, dan taruhlah itu pada sebatang tiang: dan ia akan terjadi bahawa setiap orang yang telah dipatuk, ketika dia memandang kepadanya, akan hidup.
9Dan Musa membuat ular loyang kuningan, lalu menaruhnya kepada sebatang tiang, dan terjadilah bahawa jika seekor ular telah mematuk mana-mana orang, ketika dia melihat ular loyang kuningan itu, dia hidup.
10And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.Ijeabarim: or, heaps of Abarim
12From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13From 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.
14Wherefore 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,What *: or, Vaheb in Suphah
15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.lieth: Heb. leaneth
16And 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.
17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:Spring *: Heb. Ascendsing: or, answer
18The 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:
19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.country: Heb. fieldPisgah: or, the hillJeshimon: or, the wilderness
21And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22Let 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.
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 he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24And 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.
25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.villages: Heb. daughters
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 Arnon.
27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28For 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.
29Woe 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.
30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages 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 the battle at Edrei.
34And 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.
35So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.