Arad Conquered

21 When the Canaanite, the king of ^(A)Arad, who lived in the ^[a]Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. ² So ^(B)Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed hand over this people to me, then I will ^[b]utterly destroy their cities.” ³ The Lord heard the voice of Israel and turned over the Canaanites; then they ^[c]utterly destroyed them and their cities. And the place was named ^[d](C)Hormah.

⁴ Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the ^[e]Red Sea, to ^(D)go around the land of Edom; and the ^[f]people became impatient because of the journey. ⁵ So the people spoke against God and Moses: “^(E)Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no ^[g]food and no water, and ^[h](F)we are disgusted with ^[i]this miserable food.”

The Bronze Serpent

^6 (G)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and ^(H)they bit the people, so that ^(I)many people of Israel died. ^7 (J)So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you; ^(K)intercede with the Lord, that He will remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded for the people. ⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^[j]Make a ^(L)fiery serpent, and put it on a flag pole; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, and looks at it, will live.” ⁹ So Moses made a ^(M)bronze serpent and put it on the flag pole; and it came about, that if a serpent bit someone, and he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

^10 (N)Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth. ¹¹ Then they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, to the ^[k]east. ^12 (O)From there they set out and camped in ^[l]Wadi Zered. ¹³ From there they journeyed and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; ^(P)for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ¹⁴ For that reason it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord,

^16 (R)From there they continued to ^[n]Beer, that is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, that I may give them water.”

^17 (S)Then Israel sang this song:

And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, ¹⁹ and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, ²⁰ and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the ^[o]desert.

Two Victories

^21 (T)Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, ²² “^(U)Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s road until we have passed through your border.” ^23 (V)But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to ^(W)Jahaz and fought against Israel. ²⁴ Then ^(X)Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the ^(Y)border of the sons of Ammon was ^[p]Jazer. ²⁵ Israel took all these cities, and ^(Z)Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her ^[q]villages. ²⁶ 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. ²⁷ For that reason those who use proverbs say,

³¹ So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. ³² Now Moses sent men to spy out ^(AI)Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

^33 (AJ)Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out against them ^[t]with all his people, for battle at ^(AK)Edrei. ³⁴ But the Lord said to Moses, “^(AL)Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” ³⁵ So ^(AM)they ^[u]killed him and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor left; and they took possession of his land.

Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

The Garden of Gethsemane

^39 (A)And He came out and went, ^(B)as was His habit, to ^(C)the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him. ^40 (D)Now when He arrived at the place, He said to them, “^(E)Pray that you do not come into temptation.” ⁴¹ And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He ^(F)knelt down and began to pray, ⁴² saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this ^(G)cup from Me; ^(H)yet not My will, but Yours be done.” ⁴³ [^[a]Now an ^(I)angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. ⁴⁴ And ^(J)being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground]. ⁴⁵ When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and ^(K)pray that you do not come into temptation.”

Jesus Betrayed by Judas

^47 (L)While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. ⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” ⁴⁹ When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the ^(M)sword?” ⁵⁰ And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹ But Jesus responded and said, “^[b]Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him. ⁵² And Jesus said to the chief priests and ^(N)officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs ^(O)as you would against a man inciting a revolt? ⁵³ While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but ^[c]this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

Jesus’ Arrest

^54 (P)Now they arrested Him and led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but ^(Q)Peter was following at a distance. ^55 (R)After they kindled a fire in the middle of ^(S)the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. ⁵⁶ And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, and staring at him, said, “This man was with Him as well.” ⁵⁷ But he denied it, saying, “I do not know Him, woman!” ⁵⁸ And a little later, ^(T)another person saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” ⁵⁹ And after about an hour had passed, some other man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, ^(U)for he, too, is a Galilean.” ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about!” And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹ And then ^(V)the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “^(W)Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

^63 (X)The men who were holding ^[d]Jesus in custody began mocking Him and beating Him, ⁶⁴ and they blindfolded Him and repeatedly asked Him, saying, “^(Y)Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?” ⁶⁵ And they were saying many other things against Him, ^(Z)blaspheming.

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

^66 (AA)When it was day, ^(AB)the ^[e]Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their ^(AC)council chamber, saying, ⁶⁷ “^(AD)If You are the ^[f]Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe; ⁶⁸ and if I ask a question, you will not answer. ^69 (AE)But from now on ^(AF)the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” ⁷⁰ And they all said, “So You are ^(AG)the Son of God?” And He said to them, “^(AH)You say correctly that I am.” ⁷¹ And then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth!”