Numbers 21:4-20

4Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey,

5and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”

6So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.

7Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8Then the Lord told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!”

9So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!

10The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there.

11Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.

12From there they traveled to the valley of Zered Brook and set up camp.

13Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.

14For this reason The Book of the Wars of the Lord speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,

15and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.”

16From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”

17There the Israelites sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Yes, sing its praises!

18Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,

19Nahaliel, and Bamoth.

20After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.