Numbers 21
The Canaanites Attack
Israel |
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And when king Arad the Canaanite,
which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came Num.
33.40 by the way of the spies; then he fought against
Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
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And Israel 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.
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And the LORD
hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites;
and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the
name of the place Hormah. 5
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The Fiery
Serpents |
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And they journeyed from mount Hor by
the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: Deut. 2.1
and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of
the way.
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And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die
in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there
any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
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And the LORD sent
fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much
people of Israel died.
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Therefore the people came to Moses, 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
Moses prayed for the people.
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And the LORD said
unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, 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.
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And Moses made a serpent of brass, and
put it upon a pole; Joh. 3.14
and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man,
when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
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The Israelites Journey
around Moab |
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And the children of Israel set forward,
and pitched in Oboth.
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And they journeyed from Oboth, and
pitched at Ije-ab'arim, in the wilderness which is before
Moab, toward the sunrising.
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From thence they removed, and pitched in
the valley of Zared.
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From thence they removed, and pitched on
the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that
cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the
border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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Wherefore it is said in the book of the
wars of the LORD,
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What he did in the Red sea, |
and in the brooks of
Arnon, | | |
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and at the stream of the brooks
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that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, |
and lieth upon the border of
Moab. | | |
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And from thence they went to
Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them
water.
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Then Israel sang this song,
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Spring up, O well; |
sing ye unto
it: | | |
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the princes digged the well,
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the nobles of the people digged it, |
by the direction of the lawgiver, with their
staves. | |
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And from the wilderness they went
to Matta'nah: |
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and from Matta'nah to Naha'li-el: and
from Naha'li-el to Bamoth:
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and from Bamoth in the valley,
that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which
looketh toward Jeshi'mon.
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Israel Conquers
Sihon |
Deut. 2.26-37
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And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon
king of the Amorites, saying,
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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 well: but we will go along by the
king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
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And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass
through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and
went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz,
and fought against Israel.
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And Israel smote him with the edge of the
sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the
children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon
was strong.
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And Israel took all these cities: and
Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in
all the villages thereof.
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For Heshbon was the city of Sihon
the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of
Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto
Arnon.
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Wherefore they that speak in proverbs
say,
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Come into Heshbon, |
let the city of Sihon be built and
prepared: | | |
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for there is a fire gone out of
Heshbon,
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a flame from the city of Sihon: |
it hath consumed Ar of Moab, |
and the lords of the high places of
Arnon. | | |
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Woe to thee, Moab!
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Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: |
he hath given his sons that escaped, |
and his daughters, into captivity |
unto Sihon king of the
Amorites. | | |
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We have shot at them;
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Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, |
and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, |
which reacheth unto
Me'deba. | | |
Israel Conquers Og of
Bashan |
Deut. 3.1-11
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Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the
Amorites.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jaa'zer, and
they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that
were there.
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And they turned and went up by the way of
Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all
his people, to the battle at Ed're-i.
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And the LORD said
unto Moses, 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 Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at
Heshbon.
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So they smote him, and his sons, and all
his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed
his land.
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