Numbers 21
English Standard Version
Arad Destroyed
21 When (A)the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in (B)the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 (C)And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”[a] 3 And the Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called (D)Hormah.[b]
The Bronze Serpent
4 From Mount Hor (E)they set out by the way to the Red Sea, (F)to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people (G)spoke against God and against Moses, (H)“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and (I)we loathe this worthless food.” 6 (J)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and (K)they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7 (L)And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. (M)Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So (N)Moses made a bronze[c] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
The Song of the Well
10 And the people of Israel set out and (O)camped in Oboth. 11 (P)And they set out from Oboth and (Q)camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise. 12 From there they set out and camped in (R)the Valley of Zered. 13 From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the (S)Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord,
“Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,
15 and the slope of the valleys
that extends to the seat of (T)Ar,
and leans to the border of Moab.”
16 And from there they continued (U)to Beer;[d] that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that (V)I may give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—
18 the well that the princes made,
that the nobles of the people dug,
with (W)the scepter and with their staffs.”
And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah (X)that looks down on the desert.[e]
King Sihon Defeated
21 Then (Y)Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 (Z)“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory.” 23 (AA)But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and (AB)came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. 24 (AC)And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the (AD)Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 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, as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore the (AE)ballad singers say,
“Come to (AF)Heshbon, let it be built;
let the city of Sihon be established.
28 For (AG)fire came out from (AH)Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured (AI)Ar of Moab,
and swallowed[f] the heights of the Arnon.
29 (AJ)Woe to you, O Moab!
You are undone, O people of (AK)Chemosh!
He has made his sons fugitives,
and his daughters captives,
to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 So we overthrew them;
Heshbon, as far as (AL)Dibon, perished;
and we laid waste as far as Nophah;
fire spread as far as (AM)Medeba.”[g]
King Og Defeated
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out (AN)Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. 33 Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle (AO)at Edrei. 34 (AP)But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And (AQ)you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.” 35 So they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor left. And they possessed his land.
Footnotes
- Numbers 21:2 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 3
- Numbers 21:3 Hormah means destruction
- Numbers 21:9 Or copper
- Numbers 21:16 Beer means well
- Numbers 21:20 Or Jeshimon
- Numbers 21:28 Septuagint; Hebrew the lords of
- Numbers 21:30 Compare Samaritan and Septuagint; Hebrew and we laid waste as far as Nophah, which is as far as Medeba
Numero 21
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Napierdi ang mga Canaanhon
21 Karon, ang Canaanhon nga hari sang Arad nga nagaestar sa Negev nakabati nga nagapadulong ang mga Israelinhon, nga nagaagi sa dalan sang Atarim. Gani ginsalakay niya sila kag ginbihag ang iban sa ila. 2 Dayon nagsumpa ang mga Israelinhon sa Ginoo, “Kon itugyan mo ini nga mga tawo sa amon mga kamot, laglagon namon sing bug-os[a] ang ila mga banwa.” 3 Ginpamatian sang Ginoo ang pangabay sang mga Israelinhon kag gintugyan niya sa ila ang mga Canaanhon. Ginlaglag sila sing bug-os sang mga Israelinhon pati ang ila mga banwa, gani gintawag ato nga lugar nga Horma.[b]
Ang Man-og nga Saway
4 Halin sa Bukid sang Hor, naglakat ang mga Israelinhon nga nagaagi sa dalan nga pakadto sa Mapula nga Dagat agod makalibot sila sa duta sang Edom. Pero natak-an ang mga tawo sa ila paglakat, 5 gani nagreklamo sila sa Dios kag kay Moises. Siling nila, “Ngaa bala ginpaguwa pa ninyo kami sa Egipto agod magkalamatay man lang diri sa kamingawan? Wala diri sing pagkaon kag tubig! Kag indi na kami makaagwanta sining makasulum-od nga manna.”
6 Gani, ginpadal-an sila sang Ginoo sang dalitan nga mga man-og kag ginpangkagat sila, kag madamo ang nagkalamatay sa ila. 7 Nagkadto ang mga tawo kay Moises kag nagsiling, “Nakasala kami sang paghambal namon kontra sa Ginoo kag sa imo. Pangamuyua sa Ginoo nga kuhaon niya sa amon ining mga man-og.” Gani nagpangamuyo si Moises para sa mga tawo.
8 Nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises, “Maghimo ka sang man-og nga saway kag ibutang ini sa punta sang isa ka tukon. Ang bisan sin-o nga ginkagat sang man-og magtulok lang sa sining man-og nga saway kag indi siya mapatay.” 9 Gani naghimo si Moises sang man-og nga saway kag ginbutang sa punta sang isa ka tukon. Kag ang bisan sin-o nga ginkagat sang man-og nagtulok lang sa sining man-og nga saway kag wala siya napatay.
Ang Pagpanglakaton Pakadto sa Moab
10 Nagpadayon sa paglakat ang mga Israelinhon, kag nagkampo sila sa Obot. 11 Halin sa Obot, naglakat sila kag nagkampo sa Iye Abarim, sa kamingawan nga ara sa sidlangan dampi sang Moab. 12 Halin didto naglakat sila kag nagkampo sa Zered nga ililigan sang tubig. 13 Kag halin sa Zered naglakat naman sila kag nagkampo sa tabok sang Arnon nga ililigan sang tubig, nga ara sa kamingawan nga malapit sa teritoryo sang mga Amornon. Ang Arnon amo ang dulunan sang duta sang mga Moabnon kag sang duta sang mga Amornon. 14 Amo gani nga nasulat sa Libro sang Pagpakig-away sang Ginoo ang banwa sang Waheb nga sakop sang Sufa, ang mga ililigan sang tubig lakip na ang Arnon, 15 kag ang kilid sang mga ililigan sang tubig nga nagalambot sa banwa sang Ar nga ara sa dulunan sang Moab.
16 Halin didto sa Arnon, nagkadto ang mga Israelinhon sa Beer, ang bubon nga sa diin nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises, “Tipuna ang mga tawo kay hatagan ko sila sang tubig.” 17 Kag didto nagkanta ang mga Israelinhon sang sini nga ambahanon:
“Padayon nga maghatag sang tubig ang ini nga bubon!
Magkanta kita parte sa sini nga bubon 18 nga ginpakutkot sang mga pangulo kag mga dungganon nga mga tawo paagi sa ila awtoridad.”[c]
Halin sa kamingawan nagkadto sila sa Matana; 19 halin sa Matana nagkadto sila sa Nahaliel; halin sa Nahaliel nagkadto sila sa Bamot; 20 kag halin sa Bamot nagkadto sila sa pulopatag sang Moab, nga sa diin makita ang kamingawan sa ubos sang putokputokan sang Pisga.
Napierdi si Haring Sihon kag si Haring Og(A)
21 Karon, nagpadala sang mga mensahero ang Israel kay Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon. Amo ini ang ila mensahi: 22 “Kon mahimo tuguti kami sa pag-agi sa inyo duta. Indi kami mag-agi sa mga uma ukon talamnan sang ubas ukon mag-inom sa mga bubon. Maagi lang kami sa inyo mayor nga dalan hasta nga makaguwa kami sa inyo teritoryo.”
23 Pero wala nagsugot si Sihon nga mag-agi ang mga Israelinhon sa iya teritoryo. Sa baylo, gintipon niya ang iya bug-os nga mga soldado kag nagkadto sila sa kamingawan sa pagsalakay sa mga Israelinhon. Pag-abot nila sa Jahaz, nagpakig-away sila kontra sa mga Israelinhon. 24 Pero ginpamatay sila sang mga Israelinhon kag gin-agaw ang ila duta halin sa Arnon pakadto sa Suba sang Jabok. Pero hasta lang ang mga Israelinhon sa dulunan sang duta sang mga Ammonhon, tungod kay ang ila dulunan napaderan sing mapag-on.[d] 25 Gani naagaw sang mga Israelinhon ang tanan nga banwa sang mga Amornon kag gin-estaran nila ini, pati ang Heshbon kag ang tanan nga baryo nga sakop sini. 26 Ining Heshbon amo sadto ang kapital nga siyudad ni Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon. Napierdi niya sadto ang isa ka hari sang Moab kag gin-agaw niya ang tanan nga duta sini hasta sa Arnon. 27-28 Amo ina kon ngaa ang mga manugbinalaybay nagasiling nga,
“Dali kamo sa Heshbon, ang siyudad ni Sihon, kag patinduga ninyo ini liwat. Sadto anay ang mga soldado sang Heshbon nagsalakay nga daw sa nagadabadaba nga kalayo kag naglamon sa banwa sang Ar nga sakop sang Moab kag naglaglag sa mataas nga mga lugar sang Arnon. 29 Kaluluoy kamo nga mga taga-Moab! Nalaglag kamo nga mga nagasimba sa dios nga si Kemosh. Kamo nga iya mga anak ginpabay-an niya nga mabihag ni Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon. 30 Pero karon nalaglag na namon ang mga Amornon. Nagkalaguba na ang siyudad sang Heshbon, pati ang Dibon, Nofa, kag Medeba.”
31 Gani nag-estar ang mga Israelinhon sa duta sang mga Amornon.
32 Pagkatapos, nagpadala si Moises sang mga espiya sa Jazer, kag gin-agaw man nila ini kag ang mga baryo nga sakop sini. Ginpahalin nila ang mga Amornon nga nagaestar didto. 33 Dayon nagkadto sila sa Bashan, pero ginsalakay sila ni Haring Og sang Bashan kag sang iya bug-os nga mga soldado didto sa Edrei.
34 Nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Moises, “Indi ka magkahadlok sa iya, kay sigurado nga itugyan ko siya sa imo, pati ang iya bug-os nga katawhan kag ang iya duta. Himua sa iya ang ginhimo mo kay Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon nga naghari sa Heshbon.”
35 Gani ginpatay sang mga Israelinhon si Og, pati ang iya kabataan kag ang tanan niya nga katawhan, kag wala gid sing may nabilin sa ila. Dayon ginpanag-iyahan sang mga Israelinhon ang duta nga sakop ni Og.
Footnotes
- 21:2 laglagon namon sing bug-os: Ang Hebreo nga pulong sini nagakahulugan sang mga gintugyan sa Ginoo paagi sa paghalad ukon paglaglag sini.
- 21:3 Horma: buot silingon sa Hebreo, kalaglagan.
- 21:18 awtoridad: sa literal, bulobaston kag mga sulosungkod.
- 21:24 ang ila dulunan napaderan sing mapag-on: sa Septuagint, ang Jazer amo ang ila dulunan.
Numbers 21
New International Version
Arad Destroyed
21 When the Canaanite king of Arad,(A) who lived in the Negev,(B) heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 2 Then Israel made this vow(C) to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy[a](D) their cities.” 3 The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites(E) over to them. They completely destroyed them(F) and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.[b](G)
The Bronze Snake
4 They traveled from Mount Hor(H) along the route to the Red Sea,[c](I) to go around Edom.(J) But the people grew impatient on the way;(K) 5 they spoke against God(L) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(M) to die in the wilderness?(N) There is no bread! There is no water!(O) And we detest this miserable food!”(P)
6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes(Q) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.(R) 7 The people came to Moses(S) and said, “We sinned(T) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord(U) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed(V) for the people.
8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;(W) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake(X) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.(Y)
The Journey to Moab
10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.(Z) 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab(AA) toward the sunrise. 12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley.(AB) 13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon(AC), which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.(AD) 14 That is why the Book of the Wars(AE) of the Lord says:
“. . . Zahab[d] in Suphah and the ravines,
the Arnon 15 and[e] the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar(AF)
and lie along the border of Moab.”
16 From there they continued on to Beer,(AG) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”
17 Then Israel sang this song:(AH)
“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(AI) overlooks the wasteland.
Defeat of Sihon and Og
21 Israel sent messengers(AJ) to say to Sihon(AK) king of the Amorites:(AL)
22 “Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.(AM)”
23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.(AN) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,(AO) he fought with Israel.(AP) 24 Israel, however, put him to the sword(AQ) and took over his land(AR) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,(AS) but only as far as the Ammonites,(AT) because their border was fortified. 25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites(AU) and occupied them,(AV) including Heshbon(AW) and all its surrounding settlements. 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon(AX) king of the Amorites,(AY) who had fought against the former king of Moab(AZ) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.(BA)
27 That is why the poets say:
“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;
let Sihon’s city be restored.
28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the city of Sihon.(BB)
It consumed(BC) Ar(BD) of Moab,
the citizens of Arnon’s heights.(BE)
29 Woe to you, Moab!(BF)
You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!(BG)
He has given up his sons as fugitives(BH)
and his daughters as captives(BI)
to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 “But we have overthrown them;
Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(BJ)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
which extends to Medeba.(BK)”
31 So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.(BL)
32 After Moses had sent spies(BM) to Jazer,(BN) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. 33 Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan(BO),(BP) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.(BQ)
34 The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.(BR)”
35 So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors.(BS) And they took possession of his land.(BT)
Footnotes
- Numbers 21:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 3.
- Numbers 21:3 Hormah means destruction.
- Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Numbers 21:14 Septuagint; Hebrew Waheb
- Numbers 21:15 Or “I have been given from Suphah and the ravines / of the Arnon 15 to
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