1 quod cum audisset Chananeus rex Arad
qui habitabat ad meridiem
venisse scilicet Israhel per exploratorum viam
pugnavit contra illum et victor existens duxit ex eo praedam
2 at Israhel voto se Domino obligans
ait
si tradideris populum istum in manu mea delebo urbes eius
3 exaudivitque Dominus preces Israhel et tradidit Chananeum
quem ille interfecit subversis urbibus eius
et vocavit nomen loci illius Horma id est anathema
4 profecti sunt autem et de monte Or
per viam quae ducit ad mare Rubrum
ut circumirent terram Edom
et taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris
5 locutusque contra Deum et Mosen ait
cur eduxisti nos de Aegypto ut moreremur in solitudine
deest panis non sunt aquae
anima nostra iam nausiat super cibo isto levissimo
6 quam ob rem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes
ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum
7 venerunt ad Mosen atque dixerunt
peccavimus quia locuti sumus contra Dominum et te
ora ut tollat a nobis serpentes
oravit Moses pro populo
8 et locutus est Dominus ad eum
fac serpentem et pone eum pro signo
qui percussus aspexerit eum vivet
9 fecit ergo Moses serpentem aeneum et posuit pro signo
quem cum percussi aspicerent sanabantur
10 profectique filii Israhel castrametati sunt in Oboth
11 unde egressi fixere tentoria in Hieabarim
in solitudine quae respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam
12 et inde moventes venerunt ad torrentem Zared
13 quem relinquentes castrametati sunt contra Arnon
quae est in deserto et prominet in finibus Amorrei
siquidem Arnon terminus est Moab dividens Moabitas et Amorreos
14 unde dicitur in libro bellorum Domini
sicut fecit in mari Rubro sic faciet in torrentibus Arnon
15 scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt
ut requiescerent in Ar et recumberent in finibus Moabitarum
16 ex eo loco apparuit puteus
super quo locutus est Dominus ad Mosen
congrega populum et dabo ei aquam
17 tunc cecinit Israhel carmen istud ascendat puteus concinebant
18 puteus quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces multitudinis
in datore legis et in baculis suis
de solitudine Matthana
19 de Matthana Nahalihel
de Nahalihel in Bamoth
20 de Bamoth vallis est in regione Moab in vertice Phasga
et quod respicit contra desertum
21 misit autem Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum dicens
22 obsecro ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam
non declinabimus in agros et vineas
non bibemus aquas ex puteis
via regia gradiemur donec transeamus terminos tuos
23 qui concedere noluit ut transiret Israhel per fines suos
quin potius exercitu congregato egressus est obviam in desertum
et venit in Iasa pugnavitque contra eum
24 a quo percussus est in ore gladii et possessa est terra eius
ab Arnon usque Iebboc et filios Ammon
quia forti praesidio tenebantur termini Ammanitarum
25 tulit ergo Israhel omnes civitates eius et habitavit in urbibus Amorrei
in Esebon scilicet et viculis eius
26 urbs Esebon fuit regis Seon Amorrei
qui pugnavit contra regem Moab
et tulit omnem terram quae dicionis illius fuerat usque Arnon
27 idcirco dicitur in proverbio
venite in Esebon aedificetur et construatur civitas Seon
28 ignis egressus est de Esebon flamma de oppido Seon
et devoravit Ar Moabitarum et habitatores excelsorum Arnon
29 vae tibi Moab peristi popule Chamos dedit filios eius in fugam
et filias in captivitatem regi Amorreorum Seon
30 iugum ipsorum disperiit ab Esebon usque Dibon
lassi pervenerunt in Nophe et usque Medaba
31 habitavit itaque Israhel in terra Amorrei
32 misitque Moses qui explorarent Iazer
cuius ceperunt viculos et possederunt habitatores
33 verteruntque se et ascenderunt per viam Basan
et occurrit eis Og rex Basan cum omni populo suo
pugnaturus in Edrai
34 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen ne timeas eum
quia in manu tua tradidi illum et omnem populum ac terram eius
faciesque illi sicut fecisti Seon regi Amorreorum habitatori Esebon
35 percusserunt igitur et hunc cum filiis suis
universumque populum eius usque ad internicionem
et possederunt terram illius
1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 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. 3 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.
4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 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. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 ¶ 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. 8 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. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 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. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 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.
17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. 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 looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 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. 23 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. 24 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. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 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. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! 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. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
33 ¶ 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 Edrei. 34 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. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.