04:021:014 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD,
What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
04:021:015 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
04:021:016 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof
the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give
them water.
04:021:017 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto
it:
04:021:018 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged
it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the
wilderness they went to Mattanah:
04:021:019 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
04:021:020 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of
Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
04:021:021 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
04:021:022 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the
fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the
well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy
borders.
04:021:023 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his
border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out
against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought
against Israel.
04:021:024 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and
possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
04:021:025 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all
the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages
thereof.
04:021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land
out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
04:021:027 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into
Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
04:021:028 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the
city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high
places of Arnon.
04:021:029 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he
hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity
unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
04:021:030 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon,
and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto
Medeba.
04:021:031 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
04:021:032 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
04:021:033 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the
king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the
battle at Edrei.
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