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Numbers 1

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¹ But [the king of] Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my territory, or I will come out against you with the sword."

² Again, the Israelites said to him, "We will go by the highway [trade route], and if I and my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else."

³ But the king of Edom said, "You shall not pass through [my territory]." And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.

⁴ Thus [the king of] Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.

⁵ Now when they set out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

⁶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

⁷ Aaron will be gathered to his people [in death]; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you [both] rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor; and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. So Aaron will be gathered to his fathers, and will die there.

⁸ So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

⁹ After Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

¹⁰ When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept (mourned) for him thirty days.

¹¹ When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev (the South country) heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

¹² So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If You will indeed hand over these people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities."

¹³ The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed over the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah (dedicate to destruction).

¹⁴ Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.

¹⁵ So the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, nor is there any water, and we loathe this miserable food."

¹⁶ Then the LORD sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.

¹⁷ So the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, so that He will remove the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

¹⁸ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it."

¹⁹ So Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on the pole, and it happened that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

²⁰ Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped at Oboth.

²¹ They journeyed on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness facing Moab, toward the sunrise.

²² From there they set out and camped in the[1] Wadi Zered.

²³ From there they journeyed on and camped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

²⁴ That is why it is said in the[2] Book of the Wars of the LORD: "[3] Waheb in[4] Suphah, And the[5] wadis of the Arnon [River],

²⁵ And the slope of the wadis That stretches toward the site of Ar And leans to the border of Moab."

²⁶ From there the Israelites went on to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together and I will give them water."

²⁷ Then Israel sang this song, "Spring up, O well! Sing to it,

²⁸ The well which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people hollowed out With the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness Israel journeyed to Mattanah,

²⁹ and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

³⁰ and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.

³¹ Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

³² Let me pass through your land; we will not turn away [from the road] into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of the wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have crossed your border.

³³ But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.

³⁴ Then Israel struck the king of the Amorites with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the boundary of the Ammonites was[6] strong.

³⁵ Israel took all these cities, and settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its towns.

³⁶ For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

³⁷ That is why those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established.

³⁸ "For fire has gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab And the lords of the heights of the Arnon.

³⁹ "Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle], And his daughters into captivity To Sihon king of the Amorites.

⁴⁰ "We have shot them down [with arrows]; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon, And we have laid them waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."

⁴¹ Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.

⁴² Now Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they overthrew its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

⁴³ Then 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 battle at Edrei.

⁴⁴ But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have handed over him and all his people and his land to you; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon."

⁴⁵ So the sons of Israel killed Og and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor left to him; and they took possession of his land.

⁴⁶ The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.

⁴⁷ And Balak [the king of Moab] the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

⁴⁸ So Moab was terrified because of the people, for they were numerous. Moab was overcome with fear because of the sons of Israel.

⁴⁹ Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.

⁵⁰ So he sent messengers to[1] Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, "There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

⁵¹ Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

⁵² So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.

⁵³ Balaam said to them, "Spend the night here and I will bring word back to you as the LORD may speak to me." So the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam [that night].

⁵⁴ God came to Balaam, and said, "Who are these men with you?"

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1	But [the king of] Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my territory, or I will come out against you with the sword."
2	Again, the Israelites said to him, "We will go by the highway [trade route], and if I and my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else."
3	But the king of Edom said, "You shall not pass through [my territory]." And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.
4	Thus [the king of] Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
5	Now when they set out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
6	Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
7	Aaron will be gathered to his people [in death]; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you [both] rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor; and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. So Aaron will be gathered to his fathers, and will die there.
8	So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
9	After Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
10	When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept (mourned) for him thirty days.
11	When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev (the South country) heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.
12	So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If You will indeed hand over these people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities."
13	The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed over the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah (dedicate to destruction).
14	Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.
15	So the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, nor is there any water, and we loathe this miserable food."
16	Then the LORD sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.
17	So the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, so that He will remove the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
18	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it."
19	So Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on the pole, and it happened that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.
20	Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped at Oboth.
21	They journeyed on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness facing Moab, toward the sunrise.
22	From there they set out and camped in the[1] Wadi Zered.
23	From there they journeyed on and camped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
24	That is why it is said in the[2] Book of the Wars of the LORD: "[3] Waheb in[4] Suphah, And the[5] wadis of the Arnon [River],
25	And the slope of the wadis That stretches toward the site of Ar And leans to the border of Moab."
26	From there the Israelites went on to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together and I will give them water."
27	Then Israel sang this song, "Spring up, O well! Sing to it,
28	The well which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people hollowed out With the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness Israel journeyed to Mattanah,
29	and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
30	and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.
31	Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
32	Let me pass through your land; we will not turn away [from the road] into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of the wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have crossed your border.
33	But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.
34	Then Israel struck the king of the Amorites with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the boundary of the Ammonites was[6] strong.
35	Israel took all these cities, and settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its towns.
36	For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
37	That is why those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established.
38	"For fire has gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab And the lords of the heights of the Arnon.
39	"Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle], And his daughters into captivity To Sihon king of the Amorites.
40	"We have shot them down [with arrows]; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon, And we have laid them waste as far as Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
41	Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
42	Now Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they overthrew its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
43	Then 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 battle at Edrei.
44	But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have handed over him and all his people and his land to you; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon."
45	So the sons of Israel killed Og and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor left to him; and they took possession of his land.
46	The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.
47	And Balak [the king of Moab] the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
48	So Moab was terrified because of the people, for they were numerous. Moab was overcome with fear because of the sons of Israel.
49	Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.
50	So he sent messengers to[1] Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, "There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.
51	Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
52	So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.
53	Balaam said to them, "Spend the night here and I will bring word back to you as the LORD may speak to me." So the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam [that night].
54	God came to Balaam, and said, "Who are these men with you?"

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