14 That is why the Book of the Wars(A) of the Lord says:

“. . . Zahab[a] in Suphah and the ravines,
    the Arnon 15 and[b] the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar(B)
    and lie along the border of Moab.”

16 From there they continued on to Beer,(C) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

17 Then Israel sang this song:(D)

“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
18 about the well that the princes dug,
    that the nobles of the people sank—
    the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, 19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah(E) overlooks the wasteland.

Defeat of Sihon and Og

21 Israel sent messengers(F) to say to Sihon(G) king of the Amorites:(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:14 Septuagint; Hebrew Waheb
  2. Numbers 21:15 Or “I have been given from Suphah and the ravines / of the Arnon 15 to

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