And whenkingArad the Canaanite, whichdwelt in the south, heardtellthatIsraelcame by the way of the spies; then he foughtagainstIsrael, and tooksome of themprisoners.
And the LORDhearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and theyutterlydestroyedthem and theircities: and he called the name of the placeHormah.
And theyjourneyedfrommount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was muchdiscouragedbecause of the way.
And the peoplespakeagainst God, and againstMoses, Whereforehave ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soulloatheththislightbread.
Therefore the peoplecame to Moses, and said, We havesinned, for we havespokenagainst the LORD, and againstthee; prayunto the LORD, that he takeaway the serpentsfrom us. And Mosesprayed for the people.
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Makethee a fieryserpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shallcome to pass, thatevery one that is bitten, when he lookethupon it, shalllive.
And Mosesmade a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Fromthencetheyremoved, and pitched on the otherside of Arnon, which is in the wildernessthatcometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweenMoab and the Amorites.
The princesdigged the well, the nobles of the peopledigged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, withtheirstaves. And from the wildernesstheywent to Mattanah:
Let me passthrough thy land: we will not turninto the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’shigh way, until we be past thy borders.
And Sihonwould not sufferIsrael to passthrough his border: but Sihongathered all his peopletogether, and went out againstIsraelinto the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and foughtagainstIsrael.
And Israelsmote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his landfromArnonuntoJabbok, evenunto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had foughtagainst the formerking of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, evenuntoArnon.
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hathgiven his sonsthatescaped, and his daughters, intocaptivityuntoSihonking of the Amorites.
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Fear him not: for I havedelivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thoushalt do to him as thoudidstuntoSihonking of the Amorites, whichdwelt at Heshbon.