Numbers 21:18-35 ▼

18 The princes dug the well, the nobles of the nation hollowed it out by the lawgiver, by their staffs.” And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,

19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

20 and from Bamoth in the valley that is in the country of Moab to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward the face of Jeshimon.

21 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

22 “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into a field or into a vineyard; we will not drink the water of a well. By the Highway of the King we will go, until that we have passed through your territory.”

23 And Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. And Sihon gathered together all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

24 And Israel defeated him by the mouth of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong.

25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon.

27 Upon thus the speakers of proverbs say: “Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and be repaired.

28 For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the heights of the Arnon.

29 Woe to you, O Moab! You have perished, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to a king of the Amorite, Sihon.

30 And we have shot at them; has perished Heshbon as far as Dibon. And we laid waste as far as Nophah, which is as far as Medeba.”

31 And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorite.

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took its villages and drove out the Amorite who was there.

33 And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan went out against them—he and all his people—to battle at Edrei.

34 And YHWH said to Moses, “Fear him not, for into your hand I have delivered him and all his people and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorite, who dwelt at Heshbon.”

35 And they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until there was left to him no survivor. And they took possession of his land.