Numbers 21:8-30

8Then the Lord said to Moses, “1Make a 2fiery serpent, and put it on a flag pole; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, and looks at it, will live.” 9So Moses made a 3bronze serpent and put it on the flag pole; and it came about, that if a serpent bit someone, and he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

104Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth. 11Then they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, to the 5east. 126From there they set out and camped in 7Wadi Zered. 13From there they journeyed and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; 8for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14For that reason it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah, And the 9wadis of the Arnon,15And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of 10Ar, And leans to the border of Moab.”

1611From there they continued to 12Beer, that is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, that I may give them water.”

1713Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it!18The well, which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people hollowed out, With the scepter and with their staffs.” And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, 19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the 14desert.

2115Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, 22“16Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s road until we have passed through your border.” 2317But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to 18Jahaz and fought against Israel. 24Then 19Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the 20border of the sons of Ammon was 21Jazer. 25Israel took all these cities, and 22Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her 23villages. 26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. 27For that reason those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.2824For a fire spread from Heshbon, A flame from the town of Sihon; It devoured 25Ar of Moab, The 2627dominant 28heights of the Arnon.2929Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of 30Chemosh! 31He has given his sons as fugitives, 32And his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon.30But we have shot them down with arrows, Heshbon is destroyed as far as 33Dibon, Then we have laid waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”