Num 21 | EngLXX | STEP | And Arad the Chananitish king who lived by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by theway of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off some of them captives.

‏ Numbers 21

1 And Arad the Chananitish king who lived by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by theway of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off some of them captives. 2 And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will deliver this people into mypower, I will devote it and its citiesto you. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Chananite into his power;andIsrael devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema. 4 And having departed from mount Or by the wayleading to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by theway. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast you broughtus ought of Egypt to kill us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathesthis light bread. 6 And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and muchpeople of the children of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against theLord, and against you: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us. 8 And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make you a serpent,and put it on a signal-staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bitea man, every oneso bitten that looks upon it shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-staff: and it cameto pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived. 10 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth. 11 And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in thewilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east. 12 And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared. 13 And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness,the country which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab,between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooksof Arnon. 15 And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwellthere; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab. 16 And thencethey came to the well; thisis the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them waterto drink. 17 Then Israel sang this song at the well, Beginto sing of the well; 18 the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sankit in the rock: andthey went from the well to Manthanain, 19 and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen,which is in the plain of Moabas seen from the top of the quarriedrock that looks toward the wilderness. 20 And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceful words, saying, 21 We will pass through your land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to thefield or to the vineyard. 22 We will not drink water out of your well; we will go by the king's highway, until wehave past your boundaries. 23 And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon gathered all hispeople, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa,and set the battle in array against Israel. 24 And Israel struck him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors ofhis land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the childrenof Amman. 25 And Israel took all their cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites,in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it. 26 For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against theking of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon. 27 Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon maybe built and prepared. 28 For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumedas far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab; you are lost, you people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation,and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites. 30 And their seed shall perishfrom Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab. 31 And Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out theAmorite that lived there. 33 And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basanwent forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain. 34 And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people,and all his land, into your hands; and you shall do to him as you did to Seon king of the Amorites, wholived in Esebon. 35 And he struck him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be takenalive; and they inherited his land.