Num 21:1
Then the Canaanite H3669, the king H4428 of Arad H6166, who lived H3427 in the [fn]Negev H5045, heard H8085 that Israel H3478 was coming H935 by the way H1870 of [fn]Atharim H871, and he fought H3898 against Israel H3478 and took H7617 some H4480 of them captive H7628.
Num 21:2
Num 21:3
Num 21:4
Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Mount H2022 Hor H2023 by the way H1870 to the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220, to go H5437 around H5437 the land H776 of Edom H123; and the [fn]people H5315 H5971 became H7114 impatient H7114 on the way H1870.
Num 21:5
Num 21:6
Num 21:7
Num 21:8
Num 21:9
Num 21:10
Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H5265 out H5265 and camped H2583 in Oboth H88.
Num 21:11
Num 21:12
Num 21:13
Num 21:14
“Waheb H2052 in Suphah H5492,
And the wadis H5158 of the Arnon H769,
Num 21:15
And the slope H793 of the wadis H5158
That extends H5186 to the site H7675 of Ar H6144,
And leans H8172 to the border H1366 of Moab H4124.”
Num 21:16
And from there H8033 they continued to [fn]Beer H876, that is the well H875 where H834 Yahweh H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Assemble H622 the people H5971, that I may give H5414 them water H4325.”
Num 21:17
Then H227 Israel H3478 sang H7891 this H2088 song H7892:
“Spring H5927 up H5927, O well H875! Sing H6030 to it!
Num 21:18
“The well H875, which the leaders H8269 dug H2658,
Which the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 carved H3738 out H3738,
With the scepter H2710 and with their staffs H4938.”
And from the wilderness H4057 they continued to Mattanah H4980,
Num 21:19
Num 21:20
Num 21:21
Then Israel H3478 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567, saying H559,
Num 21:22
Num 21:23
Num 21:24
Num 21:25
Num 21:26
Num 21:27
“Come H935 to Heshbon H2809! Let it be built H1129!
So let the city H5892 of Sihon H5511 be established H3559.
Num 21:28
“For a fire H784 went H3318 forth H3318 from Heshbon H2809,
A flame H3852 from the town H7151 of Sihon H5511;
It devoured H398 Ar H6144 of Moab H4124,
The [fn]dominant H1167 [fn]heights H1181 of the Arnon H769.
Num 21:29
“Woe H188 to you, O Moab H4124!
You perish H6, O people H5971 of Chemosh H3645!
He has given H5414 his sons H1121 as fugitives H6412,
And his daughters H1323 into captivity H7622,
To an Amorite H567 king H4428, Sihon H5511.
Num 21:30
“But we have cast H3384 them down H3384,
Heshbon H2809 perishes H6 as far H5704 as Dibon H1769,
And we have made H8074 desolate H8074 even H5704 to Nophah H5302,
Which H834 reaches to Medeba H4311.”
Num 21:31
Thus Israel H3478 lived H3427 in the land H776 of the Amorites H567.
Num 21:32
Num 21:33
Then they turned H6437 and went H5927 up H5927 by the way H1870 of Bashan H1316, and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan H1316 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7125 them, he and all H3605 his people H5971 for battle H4421 at Edrei H154.
Num 21:34
Num 21:35
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