Numbers 21:13-26

13Then they left there and they put up their tents on the north side of the River Arnon. The River Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.

14You can read about this in the Book of the Lord's Wars. It talks about Waheb in Suphah and about the valleys of the River Arnon.

15It also speaks about the sides of the valleys on the border of Moab that lead to the town of Ar.

16From there, the Israelites continued to travel until they arrived at Beer. That is the well where the Lord had said to Moses, ‘Bring the people together. Then I will give water to them.’

17The Israelites sang this song at that well: ‘Sing to this well. Ask it to give water to us.

18This was the well that our rulers dug. Our leaders dug it with their sceptres and their ruler's sticks.’ After that, the Israelites went from the desert to Mattanah.

19Then they went from Mattanah to Nahaliel. They went from Nahaliel to Bamoth.

20They went from Bamoth to the valley in the region of Moab. They put up their tents near the top of Pisgah mountain that is high above the desert.

21The Israelites sent men with a message to Sihon, the king of the Amorites.

22They said, ‘Please let us travel through your country. We will not go through any fields or through any vineyards. We will not even drink water from your wells. We will go along the main road. We will not leave that road on either side until we have gone through all your land.’

23But Sihon would not let the Israelites travel through his land. Sihon and his army marched to Jahaz, in the desert. They attacked the Israelites there.

24The Israelites fought against the army of Sihon and they won. They got power over the land from the River Arnon to the River Jabbok. But the border of the Ammonites' land had strong towns, so they could not go beyond them.

25They got power over all the cities of the Amorites. Those cities included Heshbon and the towns round it.

26Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had fought against the king of Moab. He took from the king of Moab the land as far as the River Arnon.