Liber Numeri 21
1 quod cum audisset Chananeus rex Arad qui habitabat ad meridiem venisse scilicet Israhel per exploratorum viam pugnavit contra illum et victor existens duxit ex eo praedam
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
2 at Israhel voto se Domino obligans ait si tradideris populum istum in manu mea delebo urbes eius
So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
3 exaudivitque Dominus preces Israhel et tradidit Chananeum quem ille interfecit subversis urbibus eius et vocavit nomen loci illius Horma id est anathema
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
4 profecti sunt autem et de monte Or per viam quae ducit ad mare Rubrum ut circumirent terram Edom et taedere coepit populum itineris ac laboris
Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
5 locutusque contra Deum et Mosen ait cur eduxisti nos de Aegypto ut moreremur in solitudine deest panis non sunt aquae anima nostra iam nausiat super cibo isto levissimo
and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
6 quam ob rem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
7 venerunt ad Mosen atque dixerunt peccavimus quia locuti sumus contra Dominum et te ora ut tollat a nobis serpentes oravit Moses pro populo
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
8 et locutus est Dominus ad eum fac serpentem et pone eum pro signo qui percussus aspexerit eum vivet
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
9 fecit ergo Moses serpentem aeneum et posuit pro signo quem cum percussi aspicerent sanabantur
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
10 profectique filii Israhel castrametati sunt in Oboth
Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
11 unde egressi fixere tentoria in Hieabarim in solitudine quae respicit Moab contra orientalem plagam
They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
12 et inde moventes venerunt ad torrentem Zared
From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
13 quem relinquentes castrametati sunt contra Arnon quae est in deserto et prominet in finibus Amorrei siquidem Arnon terminus est Moab dividens Moabitas et Amorreos
From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
14 unde dicitur in libro bellorum Domini sicut fecit in mari Rubro sic faciet in torrentibus Arnon
Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
15 scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt ut requiescerent in Ar et recumberent in finibus Moabitarum
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
16 ex eo loco apparuit puteus super quo locutus est Dominus ad Mosen congrega populum et dabo ei aquam
From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
17 tunc cecinit Israhel carmen istud ascendat puteus concinebant
Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!
18 puteus quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis et in baculis suis de solitudine Matthana
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
19 de Matthana Nahalihel de Nahalihel in Bamoth
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 de Bamoth vallis est in regione Moab in vertice Phasga et quod respicit contra desertum
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
21 misit autem Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum dicens
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 obsecro ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam non declinabimus in agros et vineas non bibemus aquas ex puteis via regia gradiemur donec transeamus terminos tuos
“Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
23 qui concedere noluit ut transiret Israhel per fines suos quin potius exercitu congregato egressus est obviam in desertum et venit in Iasa pugnavitque contra eum
But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
24 a quo percussus est in ore gladii et possessa est terra eius ab Arnon usque Iebboc et filios Ammon quia forti praesidio tenebantur termini Ammanitarum
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
25 tulit ergo Israhel omnes civitates eius et habitavit in urbibus Amorrei in Esebon scilicet et viculis eius
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
26 urbs Esebon fuit regis Seon Amorrei qui pugnavit contra regem Moab et tulit omnem terram quae dicionis illius fuerat usque Arnon
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
27 idcirco dicitur in proverbio venite in Esebon aedificetur et construatur civitas Seon
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
28 ignis egressus est de Esebon flamma de oppido Seon et devoravit Ar Moabitarum et habitatores excelsorum Arnon
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
29 vae tibi Moab peristi popule Chamos dedit filios eius in fugam et filias in captivitatem regi Amorreorum Seon
Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 iugum ipsorum disperiit ab Esebon usque Dibon lassi pervenerunt in Nophe et usque Medaba
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
31 habitavit itaque Israhel in terra Amorrei
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32 misitque Moses qui explorarent Iazer cuius ceperunt viculos et possederunt habitatores
After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
33 verteruntque se et ascenderunt per viam Basan et occurrit eis Og rex Basan cum omni populo suo pugnaturus in Edrai
Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
34 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen ne timeas eum quia in manu tua tradidi illum et omnem populum ac terram eius faciesque illi sicut fecisti Seon regi Amorreorum habitatori Esebon
But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
35 percusserunt igitur et hunc cum filiis suis universumque populum eius usque ad internicionem et possederunt terram illius
So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
