Numbers chapter 21 defeat of the canaanite king of Arad

1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain, heard that the Israelites were coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. 2Then Israel made a solemn promise to the LORD and said, “If you give this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their city.” 3The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed the Canaanites over. They completely destroyed them and their cities, so the name of the place is called Hormah.21.3 Or destruction The bronze snake’s healing power 4They marched from Mount Hor on the Reed Sea21.4 Or Red Sea road around the land of Edom. The people became impatient on the road. 5The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us in the desert, where there is no food or water. And we detest this miserable bread!” 6So the LORD sent poisonous21.6 Heb uncertain snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died. 7The people went to Moses and said, “We’ve sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD so that he will send the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8The LORD said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and place it on a pole. Whoever is bitten can look at it and live.” 9Moses made a bronze snake and placed it on a pole. If a snake bit someone, that person could look at the bronze snake and live. March around Moab 10Then the Israelites marched and they camped at Oboth. 11They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the border of Moab toward the east. 12From there they marched and camped in the Zered ravine. 13From there they marched and camped across the Arnon in the desert that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon was the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14For this reason the scroll of the LORD’s wars says: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines. The Arnon 15and the ravines that extend to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab. 16From there they marched to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people, and I’ll give them water.” 17Then the Israelites sang this song: “Well, flow up! Sing about it! 18The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler’s scepter and their staffs.” They marched from the desert to Mattanah; 19from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth; 20from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon.21.20 Or wasteland Wars against Sihon and Og 21Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon the Amorite king: 22“Let us pass through your land. We won’t turn aside into a field or vineyard. We won’t drink water from a well. We will walk on the King’s Highway until we cross your border.” 23But Sihon wouldn’t allow the Israelites to cross his border. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet the Israelites in the desert. When he came to Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites. 24The Israelites struck him down with their swords and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was fortified. 25The Israelites took all these cities. Then the Israelites settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its villages. 26Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Amorite king who had fought against the former king of Moab. He had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon. 27Therefore, the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established. 28Fire went out from Heshbon, flame from Sihon’s city. It consumed Ar of Moab and swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon. 29You are doomed, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He gave his sons as fugitives, and his daughters as captives to the Amorite king Sihon. 30Yet we have thrown them down, destroying them21.30 Heb uncertain; LXX their posterity has perished from Heshbon to Dibon. We brought ruin until Nophah, which is by Medeba.” 31Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. 32Moses sent spies to Jazer. They captured its villages and took possession of the Amorites who were there. 33Then they turned and ascended the road of Bashan. Og, Bashan’s king, came out at Edrei to meet them in battle, he and all his people. 34The LORD said to Moses: Don’t be afraid of him, for I have handed over all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon. 35They slaughtered Og, his sons, and all his people until there were no survivors. Then they took possession of his land. https://temtube.com/