< Numbers 21 >

1 The Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev learned that the Israelites were approaching on the road to Atharim. He went and attacked Israel and took some of them prisoners.
and to hear: hear [the] Canaanite king Arad to dwell [the] Negeb for to come (in): come Israel way: road [the] Atharim and to fight in/on/with Israel and to take captive from him captivity
2 So Israel made a solemn promise to the Lord: “If you hand these people over to us, we pledge to completely destroy their towns.”
and to vow Israel vow to/for LORD and to say if to give: give to give: give [obj] [the] people [the] this in/on/with hand: power my and to devote/destroy [obj] city their
3 The Lord responded to their appeal and handed over the Canaanites to them. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and named the place Hormah.
and to hear: hear LORD in/on/with voice Israel and to give: give [obj] [the] Canaanite and to devote/destroy [obj] them and [obj] city their and to call: call by name [the] place Hormah
4 The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road leading to the Red Sea so they could avoid traveling through the country of Edom. But the people became bad-tempered on the way
and to set out from (Mount) Hor [the] mountain: mount way: road sea Red (Sea) to/for to turn: surround [obj] land: country/planet Edom and be short soul: myself [the] people in/on/with way: road
5 and made complaints against God and against Moses, saying, “Why did you lead us out of Egypt to die in the desert? We don't have bread or water, and we hate this awful food!”
and to speak: speak [the] people in/on/with God and in/on/with Moses to/for what? to ascend: establish us from Egypt to/for to die in/on/with wilderness for nothing food and nothing water and soul: myself our to loathe in/on/with food [the] worthless
6 So the Lord sent poisonous snakes to attack them, and many Israelites were bitten and died.
and to send: depart LORD in/on/with people [obj] [the] serpent [the] serpent and to bite [obj] [the] people and to die people many from Israel
7 The people went to see Moses and told him, “We were wrong to make complaints against the Lord and against you. Please pray to the Lord to get rid of the snakes from us.” Moses prayed to the Lord on their behalf.
and to come (in): come [the] people to(wards) Moses and to say to sin for to speak: speak in/on/with LORD and in/on/with you to pray to(wards) LORD and to turn aside: remove from upon us [obj] [the] serpent and to pray Moses about/through/for [the] people
8 The Lord told Moses, “Make a model of a snake and put it on a pole. When anyone who has been bitten looks at it, they will live.”
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to make to/for you serpent and to set: make [obj] him upon ensign and to be all [the] to bite and to see: see [obj] him and to live
9 Moses made a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Those who looked at it did live.
and to make Moses serpent bronze and to set: make him upon [the] ensign and to be if to bite [the] serpent [obj] man: anyone and to look to(wards) serpent [the] bronze and to live
10 The Israelites left and camped at Oboth.
and to set out son: descendant/people Israel and to camp in/on/with Oboth
11 Then they moved on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the east side of Moab.
and to set out from Oboth and to camp in/on/with Iye-abarim [the] Iye-abarim in/on/with wilderness which upon face: before Moab from east [the] sun
12 They left there and camped in the Valley of Zered.
from there to set out and to camp in/on/with torrent: valley Zered
13 Then they moved on from there and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the desert near Amorite territory. The Arnon River is the border between the Moab and the Amorites.
from there to set out and to camp from side: beside Arnon which in/on/with wilderness [the] to come out: extends from border: boundary [the] Amorite for Arnon border: boundary Moab between Moab and between [the] Amorite
14 That's why the Book of the Wars of the Lord refers to “the town of Waheb in Suphah and the canyon of the Arnon,
upon so to say in/on/with scroll: book battle LORD [obj] Waheb in/on/with Suphah and [obj] [the] torrent: valley Arnon
15 the canyon slopes that reach the village of Ar that lies on the border with Moab.”
and slope [the] torrent: valley which to stretch to/for to dwell Ar and to lean to/for border: boundary Moab
16 From there they moved on to Beer, the well where the Lord told Moses, “Have the people gather together so I can give them water.”
and from there Beer [to] he/she/it [the] well which to say LORD to/for Moses to gather [obj] [the] people and to give: give to/for them water
17 Then the Israelites sang this song: “Pour out water, well! Everyone of you sing to it!
then to sing Israel [obj] [the] song [the] this to ascend: rise well to sing to/for her
18 The tribal chiefs dug the well; yes the leaders of the people dug the well with their rods of authority and their walking sticks.” The Israelites left the desert and carried on to Mattanah.
well to search her ruler to pierce her noble [the] people in/on/with to decree in/on/with staff their and from wilderness Mattanah
19 From Mattanah they traveled to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
and from Mattanah Nahaliel and from Nahaliel Bamoth
20 and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wastelands.
and from Bamoth [the] valley which in/on/with land: country Moab head: top [the] Pisgah and to look upon face: before [the] wilderness
21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the following request:
and to send: depart Israel messenger to(wards) Sihon king [the] Amorite to/for to say
22 “Please allow us to travel through your country. We won't cross any of your fields or vineyards, or drink water from any of your wells. We will stay on the King's Highway until we have passed through your country.”
to pass in/on/with land: country/planet your not to stretch in/on/with land: country and in/on/with vineyard not to drink water well in/on/with (King's) Highway [the] King's to go: went till which to pass border: area your
23 But Sihon refused to allow the Israelites to travel through his territory. Instead, he called out his whole army and went out to meet the Israelites head-on in the desert. When he arrived at Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites.
and not to give: allow Sihon [obj] Israel to pass in/on/with border: area his and to gather Sihon [obj] all people his and to come out: come to/for to encounter: toward Israel [the] wilderness [to] and to come (in): come Jahaz [to] and to fight in/on/with Israel
24 The Israelites defeated them, killing them with their swords. They took over his land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River —but only as far as the border of the Ammonites, because it was well defended.
and to smite him Israel to/for lip: edge sword and to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet his from Arnon till Jabbok till son: descendant/people Ammon for strong border: boundary son: descendant/people Ammon
25 The Israelites conquered all the Amorite towns and took them over, including Heshbon and its surrounding villages.
and to take: take Israel [obj] all [the] city [the] these and to dwell Israel in/on/with all city [the] Amorite in/on/with Heshbon and in/on/with all daughter: village her
26 Heshbon was the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the previous king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon River.
for Heshbon city Sihon king [the] Amorite he/she/it and he/she/it to fight in/on/with king Moab [the] first: previous and to take: take [obj] all land: country/planet his from hand: power his till Arnon
27 That's why the old songwriters wrote: “Come to Heshbon and have it be rebuilt; restore the town of Sihon!
upon so to say [the] to use a proverb to come (in): come Heshbon to build and to establish: make city Sihon
28 For a fire blazed out from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon. It burned up Ar in Moab where the rulers live on the high places of Arnon.
for fire to come out: issue from Heshbon flame from town Sihon to eat Ar Moab master: [master of] high place Arnon
29 What a disaster you face, Moab! You are all going to die, people of Chemosh! You handed over your sons as exiles and your daughters as prisoners to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
woe! to/for you Moab to perish people Chemosh to give: make son: child his survivor and daughter his in/on/with captivity to/for king Amorite Sihon
30 But now we have defeated the Amorites! Heshbon's rule has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We wiped them out all the way to Nophah and on to Medeba.”
and to shoot them to perish Heshbon till Dibon and be desolate: destroyed till Nophah which till Medeba
31 The Israelites occupied the country of the Amorites.
and to dwell Israel in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Amorite
32 Moses sent men to explore Jazer. The Israelites conquered its surrounding villages and expelled the Amorites living there.
and to send: depart Moses to/for to spy [obj] Jazer and to capture daughter: village her (and to possess: take *Q(K)*) [obj] [the] Amorite which there
33 Then they continued on the road towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, led his whole army out to meet them head on, and fought them at Edrei.
and to turn and to ascend: rise way: road [the] Bashan and to come out: come Og king [the] Bashan to/for to encounter: toward them he/she/it and all people his to/for battle Edrei
34 The Lord told Moses, “You don't need to be afraid of him, because I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon.”
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses not to fear [obj] him for in/on/with hand: power your to give: give [obj] him and [obj] all people his and [obj] land: country/planet his and to make: do to/for him like/as as which to make: do to/for Sihon king [the] Amorite which to dwell in/on/with Heshbon
35 So they killed Og, his sons, and all his army. Nobody survived, and the Israelites took over his country.
and to smite [obj] him and [obj] son: child his and [obj] all people his till lest to remain to/for him survivor and to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet his

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