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Numbers 21:21-32

21AndIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֔יםmal.'a.KhimH4397toSihonסִיחֹ֥ןsi.ChonH5511kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

22Let mepassאֶעְבְּרָ֣ה'e'.be.RahH5674through thylandבְאַרְצֶ֗ךָve.'ar.Tze.khaH776: we will notturnנִטֶּה֙ni.TehH5186into thefieldsבְּשָׂדֶ֣הbe.sa.DehH7704, or into thevineyardsוּבְכֶ֔רֶםu.ve.Khe.remH3754; we will notdrinkנִשְׁתֶּ֖הnish.TehH8354of thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325of thewellבְאֵ֑רve.'ErH875: but we will goalongH3212by theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428highwayבְּדֶ֤רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870, until we havepastנַעֲבֹ֖רna.'a.VorH5674thybordersגְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ge.vu.Le.khaH1366.

23AndSihonסִיחֹ֣ןsi.ChonH5511would notpermitנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֮Yis.ra.'ElH3478topassעֲבֹ֣ר'a.VorH5674through hisborderבִּגְבֻלוֹ֒big.vu.LoH1366: butSihonסִיחֹ֜ןsi.ChonH5511gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622all hispeopleעַמּ֗וֹa.MoH5971togetherH622, and wentoutוַיֵּצֵ֞אvai.ye.Tze'H3318againstH7125Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478into thewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֔רָהha.mid.Ba.rahH4057: and hecameוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935toJahazיָ֑הְצָהYa.he.tzahH3096, andfoughtוַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvai.yi.La.chemH3898againstIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24AndIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478smoteוַיַּכֵּ֥הוּvai.ya.Ke.huH5221him with theedgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of theswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719, andpossessedוַיִּירַ֨שׁvai.yi.RashH3423hislandאַרְצ֜וֹ'ar.TzoH776fromArnonמֵֽאַרְנֹ֗ןme.'ar.NonH769toJabbokיַבֹּק֙ya.BokH2999, even to thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983: for theborderגְּב֖וּלge.VulH1366of thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּֽוֹן׃a.MonH5983wasstrongעַ֔ז'AzH5794.

25AndIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tookוַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.KachH3947all thesecitiesהֶעָרִ֖יםhe.'a.RimH5892: andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478dweltוַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in all thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892of theAmoritesהָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567, inHeshbonבְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןbe.chesh.BonH2809, and in all itsvillagesבְּנֹתֶֽיהָ׃be.no.Tei.haH1323.

26ForHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonH2809was thecityעִ֗יר'IrH5892ofSihonסִיחֹ֛ןsi.ChonH5511thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567, who hadfoughtנִלְחַ֗םnil.ChamH3898against theformerהָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223kingבְּמֶ֤לֶךְbe.Me.lekhH4428ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124, andtakenוַיִּקַּ֧חvai.yi.KachH3947all hislandאַרְצ֛וֹ'ar.TzoH776out of hishandמִיָּד֖וֹmi.ya.DoH3027, even toArnonאַרְנֹֽן׃'ar.NonH769.

27Therefore they that speak inproverbsהַמֹּשְׁלִ֖יםha.mo.she.LimH4911sayיֹאמְר֥וּyo.me.RuH559,Comeבֹּ֣אוּBo.'uH935intoHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןchesh.BonH2809, let thecityעִ֥יר'irH5892ofSihonסִיחֽוֹן׃si.ChonH5511bebuiltתִּבָּנֶ֥הti.ba.NehH1129andpreparedוְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ןve.ti.ko.NenH3559:

28For there hast afireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784goneoutיָֽצְאָ֣הya.tze.'AhH3318ofHeshbonמֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןme.chesh.BonH2809, aflameלֶהָבָ֖הle.ha.VahH3852from thecityמִקִּרְיַ֣תmi.kir.YatH7151ofSihonסִיחֹ֑ןsi.ChonH5511: it hathconsumedאָֽכְלָה֙'a.khe.LahH398Arעָ֣ר'arH6144ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124, and the lords of the highplacesH1181ofArnonאַרְנֹֽן׃'ar.NonH769.

29Woeאוֹי־'o-H188to thee,Moabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124! thou artundoneאָבַ֖דְתָּ'a.Vad.taH6, Opeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofChemoshכְּמ֑וֹשׁke.Mo.oshH3645: he hathgivenנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414hissonsבָּנָ֤יוba.NavH1121thatescapedפְּלֵיטִם֙pe.lei.TimH6412, and hisdaughtersוּבְנֹתָ֣יוu.ve.no.TavH1323, intocaptivityבַּשְּׁבִ֔יתba.she.VitH7622toSihonסִיחֽוֹן׃si.ChonH5511kingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428of theAmoritesאֱמֹרִ֖י'e.mo.RiH567.

30We haveshotוַנִּירָ֛םva.ni.RamH3384at them;Heshbonחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןchesh.BonH2809hastperishedאָבַ֥ד'a.VadH6even toDibonדִּיב֑וֹןdi.VonH1769, and we have laid themwasteוַנַּשִּׁ֣יםva.na.ShimH8074even toNophahנֹ֔פַחNo.fachH5302, which reacheth toMedebaמֵֽידְבָֽא׃Mei.de.Va'H4311.

31ThusIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dweltוַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙vai.Ye.shevH3427in thelandבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ha.'e.mo.RiH567.

32AndMosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971to spyoutלְרַגֵּ֣לle.ra.GelH7270Jaazerיַעְזֵ֔רya'.ZerH3270, and theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּvai.yil.ke.DuH3920itsvillagesבְּנֹתֶ֑יהָbe.no.Tei.haH1323, and droveoutוַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁvai.yi.reshH3423theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֥יha.'e.mo.RiH567that were there.

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