Arad Destroyed
1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 2Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy21:2 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. their cities.” 3The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.21:3 Hormah means destruction.
The Bronze Snake
4They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”
6Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
The Journey to Moab
10The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. 11Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise. 12From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. 13They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:
“…Zahab21:14 Septuagint; Hebrew Waheb in Suphah and the ravines,
the Arnon 15and21:14,15 Or “I have been given from Suphah and the ravines / of the Arnon 15 to the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar
and lie along the border of Moab.”
16From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”
17Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!
Sing about it,
18about 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, 19from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Defeat of Sihon and Og
21Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:
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.”
23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel. 24Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified. 25Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements. 26Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.
27That 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.
It consumed Ar of Moab,
the citizens of Arnon’s heights.
29Woe to you, Moab!
You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!
He has given up his sons as fugitives
and his daughters as captives
to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30“But we have overthrown them;
Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
which extends to Medeba.”
31So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
32After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. 33Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
34The 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.”
35So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land.
击败迦南人
1住在南地的迦南人亚拉得王听说以色列人取道亚他林而来，就攻打他们，俘虏了一些人。 2以色列人向耶和华许愿说：“要是你将这些人交在我们手中，我们必彻底摧毁21:2 “摧毁”希伯来文有“销毁，以示奉献给耶和华”之意。他们的城邑。” 3耶和华答应了他们的祈求，把迦南人交在他们手中，使他们彻底毁灭了迦南人及其城邑。从此，那地方叫何珥玛21:3 “何珥玛”意思是“毁灭”。。
铜蛇
4以色列人为了绕过以东，便从何珥山出发，沿通往红海的路行进。途中，民众心里烦躁， 5埋怨上帝和摩西说：“你们为什么带我们出埃及，叫我们死在旷野呢？这里无粮无水，我们厌恶这难吃的东西！”
6于是，耶和华派毒蛇进入以色列人中，咬死了许多人。 7他们来找摩西，说：“我们埋怨耶和华和你，犯了罪，求你向耶和华祷告，好叫蛇离开我们。”摩西就为他们祷告。 8耶和华对摩西说：“你去造一条毒蛇挂在杆子上，凡被咬的一望这蛇，就可活命。” 9摩西就造了一条铜蛇，挂在杆子上。被蛇咬的人一望铜蛇，就保住了性命。
前往摩押
10以色列人继续前行，在阿伯安营； 11又从阿伯动身，走到摩押东边的旷野，在以耶·亚巴琳安营； 12又从那里前行，走到撒烈谷安营； 13又从那里出发，走到亚嫩河北岸的旷野安营。那里毗邻亚摩利人的边境，亚嫩河是摩押和亚摩利人之间的疆界。 14因此，《耶和华的战记》上说：“苏法的哇哈伯，亚嫩河谷， 15以及靠近摩押边界并延伸到亚珥城的河谷的斜坡。”
16以色列人又往前走，来到比珥21:16 “比珥”意思是“井”。。耶和华曾在那里对摩西说：“把民众招聚起来，我要给他们水喝。” 17当时，以色列人唱了这首歌：
“井啊，涌出水来！
你们要歌唱这口井，
18它是首领挖的，
是民中的贵族掘的，
用令牌和权杖挖掘的。”
他们从旷野前往玛他拿， 19从玛他拿前往拿哈列，从拿哈列前往巴末， 20从巴末前往摩押的谷地，从那里的毗斯迦山顶可以俯视旷野。
击败亚摩利王和巴珊王
21以色列人派使者去见亚摩利王西宏，说： 22“请允许我们从贵国经过，我们只走王的大路，不会踏入田地和葡萄园，也不会喝井里的水，直到走出贵国的土地。” 23但西宏不让以色列人经过他的领土，还招聚军队到旷野攻击他们。他们来到雅杂与以色列人交战。 24以色列人用刀杀了西宏，占领了他的土地——从亚嫩河到雅博河，远至防守严密的亚扪人边界。 25以色列人攻占了亚摩利人的所有城邑，包括希实本及其周围的村庄，住在其中。 26希实本是亚摩利王西宏的都城。西宏曾与摩押的先王交战，占领了他所有的领土，远至亚嫩河。 27因此有人作诗说：
“来希实本吧！
愿西宏的城被修建起来。
28希实本烈焰熊熊，
西宏的城火光冲天，
烧毁摩押的亚珥，
吞噬亚嫩河的高岗。
29摩押啊，你大祸临头了！
拜基抹神明的人啊，
你们要灭亡了！
基抹任由自己的儿子逃亡、
女儿被亚摩利王西宏掳走。
30但我们击溃了亚摩利人，
从希实本一直到底本都被摧毁，
从挪法到米底巴都沦为废墟。”
31于是，以色列人住在亚摩利境内。 32摩西派人去雅谢打探，然后出兵攻占了雅谢及其周围的村庄，赶走那里的亚摩利人。 33以色列人回师前往巴珊，巴珊王噩率全军出动，在以得来迎战以色列人。 34耶和华对摩西说：“不要怕他，因为我已把他及其众民和土地交在你手中。你要像从前对付希实本的亚摩利王西宏一样对付他。” 35于是，以色列人杀了噩及其儿子和人民，一个不留，并夺取了他的国土。
