Numbers
Numbers 21
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Numbers 21 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And when king the , which dwelt in the south, heard tell that came by the way of the spies; then he fought against , and took some of them prisoners. And vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And the LORD hearkened to the voice of , and delivered up the ; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place . And they journeyed from mount by the way of the , to compass the land of : and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against , Wherefore have ye brought us up out of to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of died. Therefore the people came to , and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto , Make thee a fiery , and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And made a of brass, and it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a had bitten any man, when he beheld the of brass, he lived. And the children of set forward, and pitched in . And they journeyed from , and pitched at -abarim, in the wilderness which is before , toward the sunrising. From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of . From thence they removed, and pitched the other side of , which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the : for is the border of , between and the . Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the , and in the brooks of , And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to of Ar, and lieth upon the border of . And from thence they went to : that is the whereof the LORD spake unto , Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then sang this song, Spring up, O ; sing ye unto it: The princes digged the , the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to : And from to : and from to : And from in the valley, that is in the country of , to the top of , which looketh toward . And sent messengers unto king of the , saying, 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 : but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. And would not suffer to pass through his border: but gathered all his people together, and went out against into the wilderness: and he came to , and fought against . And smote him with the edge of the , and possessed his land from unto , even unto the children of : for the border of the children of was strong. And took all these cities: and dwelt in all the cities of the , in , and in all the villages thereof. For was the city of the king of the , who had fought against the former king of , and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto . Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into , let the city of be built and prepared: For there is a fire gone out of , a flame from the city of : it hath consumed Ar of , and the lords of the high places of . Woe to thee, ! thou art undone, O people of : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto king of the . We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto , and we have laid them waste even unto , which reacheth unto . Thus dwelt in the land of the . And sent to spy out , and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the that were there. And they turned and went up by the way of : and Og the king of went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at . And the LORD said unto , Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto king of the , which dwelt at . So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.