1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelled 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 to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And the LORD listened 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 spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes 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 you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks on it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it on 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 Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sun rise.
12 From there they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From there they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Why 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 goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab.
16 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing you to it:
18 The princes dig the well, the nobles of the people dig 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 looks toward Jeshimon.
21 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through your 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' high way, until we be past your 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 to Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelled 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 to Arnon.
27 Why 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 has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab! you are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelled 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 to Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelled 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.
1 Ouvindo o cananeu, rei de Arade, que habitava para o lado sul, que Israel vinha pelo caminho dos espias, pelejou contra Israel, e dele levou alguns prisioneiros.
2 Então Israel fez um voto ao Senhor, dizendo: Se de fato entregares este povo na minha mão, destruirei totalmente as suas cidades.
3 O Senhor, pois, ouviu a voz de Israel, e lhe entregou os cananeus; e os israelitas destruíram totalmente, a eles e às suas cidades; e o nome daquele lugar chamou Hormá.
4 Então partiram do monte Hor, pelo caminho do Mar Vermelho, a rodear a terra de Edom; porém a alma do povo angustiou-se naquele caminho.
5 E o povo falou contra Deus e contra Moisés: Por que nos fizestes subir do Egito para que morrêssemos neste deserto? Pois aqui nem pão nem água há; e a nossa alma tem fastio deste pão tão vil.
6 Então o Senhor mandou entre o povo serpentes ardentes, que picaram o povo; e morreu muita gente em Israel.
7 Por isso o povo veio a Moisés, e disse: Havemos pecado, porquanto temos falado contra o Senhor e contra ti; ora ao Senhor que tire de nós estas serpentes. Então Moisés orou pelo povo.
8 E disse o Senhor a Moisés: Faze-te uma serpente ardente, e põe-na sobre uma haste; e será que viverá todo o que, tendo sido picado, olhar para ela.
9 E Moisés fez uma serpente de metal, e pô-la sobre uma haste; e sucedia que, picando alguma serpente a alguém, quando esse olhava para a serpente de metal, vivia.
10 Então os filhos de Israel partiram, e alojaram-se em Obote.
11 Depois partiram de Obote e alojaram-se nos outeiros de Ije-Abarim, no deserto que está defronte de Moabe, ao nascente do sol.
12 Dali partiram, e alojaram-se junto ao ribeiro de Zerede.
13 E dali partiram e alojaram-se no lado de Arnom, que está no deserto e sai dos termos dos amorreus; porque Arnom é o termo de Moabe, entre Moabe e os amorreus.
14 Por isso se diz no livro das guerras do Senhor: O que fiz no Mar Vermelho e nos ribeiros de Arnom,
15 E à corrente dos ribeiros, que descendo para a situação de Ar, se encosta aos termos de Moabe.
16 E dali partiram para Beer; este é o poço do qual o Senhor disse a Moisés: Ajunta o povo e lhe darei água.
17 Então Israel cantou este cântico: Brota, ó poço! Cantai dele:
18 Tu, poço, que cavaram os príncipes, que escavaram os nobres do povo, e o legislador com os seus bordões; e do deserto partiram para Mataná;
19 E de Mataná a Naaliel, e de Naaliel a Bamote.
20 E de Bamote ao vale que está no campo de Moabe, no cume de Pisga, e à vista do deserto.
21 Então Israel mandou mensageiros a Siom, rei dos amorreus, dizendo:
22 Deixa-me passar pela tua terra; não nos desviaremos pelos campos nem pelas vinhas; as águas dos poços não beberemos; iremos pela estrada real até que passemos os teus termos.
23 Porém Siom não deixou passar a Israel pelos seus termos; antes Siom congregou todo o seu povo, e saiu ao encontro de Israel no deserto, e veio a Jaza, e pelejou contra Israel.
24 Mas Israel o feriu ao fio da espada, e tomou a sua terra em possessão, desde Arnom até Jaboque, até aos filhos de Amom; porquanto o termo dos filhos de Amom era forte.
25 Assim Israel tomou todas as cidades; e habitou em todas elas, em Hesbom e em todas as suas aldeias.
26 Porque Hesbom era cidade de Siom, rei dos amorreus, que tinha pelejado contra o precedente rei dos moabitas, e tinha tomado da sua mão toda a sua terra até Arnom.
27 Por isso dizem os que falam em provérbios: Vinde a Hesbom; edifique-se e estabeleça-se a cidade de Siom.
28 Porque fogo saiu de Hesbom, e uma chama da cidade de Siom; e consumiu a Ar dos moabitas, e os senhores dos altos de Arnom.
29 Ai de ti, Moabe! perdido és, povo de Quemos! entregou seus filhos, que iam fugindo, e suas filhas, como cativas a Siom, rei dos amorreus.
30 E nós os derribamos; Hesbom perdida é até Dibom, e os assolamos até Nofá, que se estende até Medeba.
31 Assim Israel habitou na terra dos amorreus.
32 Depois mandou Moisés espiar a Jazer, e tomaram as suas aldeias, e daquela possessão lançaram os amorreus que estavam ali.
33 Então viraram-se, e subiram o caminho de Basã; e Ogue, rei de Basã, saiu contra eles, ele e todo o seu povo, à peleja em Edrei.
34 E disse o Senhor a Moisés: Não o temas, porque eu o tenho dado na tua mão, a ele, e a todo o seu povo, e a sua terra, e far-lhe-ás como fizeste a Siom, rei dos amorreus, que habitava em Hesbom.
35 E de tal maneira o feriram, a ele e a seus filhos, e a todo o seu povo, que nenhum deles escapou; e tomaram a sua terra em possessão.