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Numbers 21:14-21
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14 Hence it is said in the “Book of the Wars of the Lord”:[a]

“Waheb in Suphah and the wadies,
15     Arnon and the wadi gorges
That reach back toward the site of Ar[b]
    and lean against the border of Moab.”

16 From there they went to Beer,[c] which is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people together so that I may give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song:

Spring up, O well!—so sing to it—
18 The well that the princes sank,
    that the nobles of the people dug,
With their scepters and their staffs—
    from the wilderness, a gift.

19 From Beer to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 from Bamoth to the valley in the country of Moab at the headland of Pisgah that overlooks Jeshimon.[d]

Victory over Sihon. 21 Now Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the message,

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Footnotes

  1. 21:14 The “Book of the Wars of the Lord”: an ancient collection of Israelite songs, now lost. Waheb in Suphah: since neither place is mentioned elsewhere, it is uncertain whether these Hebrew words are to be considered as place names; some Hebrew words, now lost, must have preceded this phrase.
  2. 21:15 Ar: a city or district in Moab, located on the Arnon; see v. 28; Dt 2:18.
  3. 21:16 Beer: “a well,” here used as a place name.
  4. 21:20 Jeshimon: “the wasteland”; in 1 Sm 23:19, 24 and 26:1, 3, this is the wilderness of Judah on the western side of the Dead Sea, but here and in Nm 23:28, it seems to refer to the southern end of the Jordan valley where Beth-jeshimoth was situated.
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