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And King Arad the Canaanite, who dwelt··in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of the Atharim; and he fought against◦ Israel, and took··captive from among them captives.
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And Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If giving Thou wilt give this people into my hand, then I will doom their cities.
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And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and gave··over the Canaanites; and they doomed them and their cities; and he called the name of the place Hormah.*
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And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Suph Sea*, to go··around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was shortened◦ on◦ the way.
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And the people spoke against◦ God, and against◦ Moses, Why have you brought· us ·up out··of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and no water; and our soul loathes this vile bread.
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And Jehovah sent among◦ the people the serpents, the seraphim*, and they bit the people; and many people from Israel died.
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And the people came to▵ Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against◦ Jehovah, and against◦ thee; pray to▵ Jehovah, that He remove the serpents from upon us. And Moses prayed for▫ the people.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses, Make for thee a saraph*, and set it upon a standard; and it shall be, that every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
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And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it upon the standard, and it was, if a serpent had bitten a man◦, and he looked at▵ the serpent of bronze, then he lived.
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And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
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And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the rising◦ of the sun.
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From thence they journeyed, and encamped by the brook of Zaredh.
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From thence they journeyed, and encamped across Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes··out of the borders of the Amorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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Therefore it is said in the book, The Wars of Jehovah: Vaheb in Suphah, and the brooks, the Arnon,
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and the watercourse of the brooks that stretches to the dwelling of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab.
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And from thence they went to▫ Beer; that◦ is the well whereof Jehovah said to Moses, Gather· the people ·together and I will give to them water.
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Then▵ Israel sang this song, Come··up, O well; answer ye to it;
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the princes dug the well, the nobles◦ of the people dug· it ·out, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to▫ Mattanah;
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and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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and from Bamoth in the ravine, that is in the field of Moab, to the head of Pisgah, that looks··out upon the faces of Jeshimon.
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And Israel sent messengers to▵ Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
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Let me pass··through thy land; we will not go··aside into the fields, or◦ into the vineyards; we will not drink the waters of the well; we will go by the king’s high way, until we have passed··by thy borders.
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And Sihon would not give Israel passage within◦ his border; but Sihon gathered all his people, and went··out to meet Israel toward the wilderness; and he came toward Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
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And Israel smote him with the mouth of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to◦ Jabbok, even··to the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong.
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And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages*.
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For Heshbon, it◦ was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and he◦ had fought against◦ the first king of Moab, and taken all his land out··of his hand, even··to Arnon.
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Therefore the Enunciators say, Come··into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established;
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for there is a fire gone··out of Heshbon, a flame from the walled··city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high··places of Arnon.
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Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art perished, O people of Chemosh; he has given his sons that escaped◦, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
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We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even··to Dibon, and we have desolated them even··to Nophah, which is even··to Medeba.
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And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
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And Moses sent them to spy··out Jaazer, and they took◦ its villages, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
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And they turned◦ and went··up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went··out to meet them, he◦ and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses, Fear him not; for I have given him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as◦ thou didst to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
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And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until not▵ a survivor was left for him; and they possessed his land.
