10 (A)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 [a]east. 12 (B)From there they set out and camped in [b]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; (C)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,

“Waheb in Suphah,
And the [c]wadis of the Arnon,
15 And the slope of the wadis
That extends to the site of (D)Ar,
And leans to the border of Moab.”

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

17 (F)Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well! Sing to it!
18 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 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 [e]desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:11 Lit sunrise
  2. Numbers 21:12 I.e., a dry stream bed, except in the rainy season
  3. Numbers 21:14 I.e., dry stream beds
  4. Numbers 21:16 I.e., a well
  5. Numbers 21:20 Or Jeshimon

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