Verse 26
Numbers 21:26
World English Bible, British Edition
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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, even to the Arnon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן עִ֗יר סִיחֹ֛ן מֶ֥לֶךְ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י הִ֑וא וְ/ה֣וּא נִלְחַ֗ם בְּ/מֶ֤לֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ הָֽ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן וַ/יִּקַּ֧ח אֶת כָּל אַרְצ֛/וֹ מִ/יָּד֖/וֹ עַד אַרְנֹֽן
English Translation
For Heshbon is the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites; and he fought against the king of Moab, the first, and took all his land from his hand to the Arnon.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel
came by the way of Athari...
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2
Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver
this people into my hand, then...
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3
The LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites;
and they utterly destroye...
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4
They travelled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go
around the land of Edom. The soul of...
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5
The people spoke against God (Elohim) and against Moses: “Why have you brought
us up out of Egypt to...
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6
The LORD sent venomous snakes amongst the people, and they bit
the people. Many people of Israel die...
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7
The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have
spoken against the LORD and aga...
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8
The LORD said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on
a pole. It shall happen that everyone...
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9
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent
had bitten any man, when he loo...
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10
The children of Israel travelled, and encamped in Oboth.
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11
They travelled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness
which is before Moab, toward...
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12
From there they travelled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
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13
From there they travelled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon,
which is in the wilderness t...
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14
Therefore it is said in
The Book of the Wars of the LORD, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon...
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15
the slope of the valleys that incline towards the dwelling of Ar, leans
on the border of Moab.”
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16
From there they travelled to Beer; that is the well of which
the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the peo...
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17
Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, well! Sing to it,
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18
the well, which the princes dug,
which the nobles of the people dug,
with the sceptre, and with thei...
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19
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
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20
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the
top of Pisgah, which looks down o...
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21
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
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22
“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or
vineyard. We will not drink of t...
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23
Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but
Sihon gathered all his people together,...
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24
Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land
from the Arnon to the Jabbok, e...
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25
Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all...
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26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had
fought against the former king o...
27
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon.
Let the city of Sihon be built and esta...
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28
for a fire has gone out of Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has devoured Ar of Moab,
The...
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29
Woe to you, Moab!
You are undone, people of Chemosh!
He has given his sons as fugitives,
and his dau...
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30
We have shot at them.
Heshbon has perished even to Dibon.
We have laid waste even to Nophah,
Which r...
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31
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
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32
Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out
the Amorites who were there.
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33
They turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan
went out against them, he and al...
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34
The LORD said to Moses, “Don’t fear him, for I have delivered
him into your hand, with all his peopl...
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35
So they struck him, with his sons and all his people, until
there were no survivors; and they posses...
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