Numbers 21

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that the Israelites were coming along the way of Atharim, he engaged them in battle and took some of them captive.	1 And when king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the south, had heard this, to wit, that Israel was come by the way of the spies, he fought against them, and overcoming them carried off their spoils.
2 Israel then made this vow to the LORD: "If you deliver this people into my hand, I will doom their cities."	2 But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 Later, when the LORD heeded Israel's prayer and delivered up the Canaanites, they doomed them and their cities. Hence that place was named Hormah.	3 And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema.
4 From Mount Hor they set out on the Red Sea road, to by-pass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey,	4 And they marched from mount Hor, by the way that leadeth to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom. And the people began to be weary of their journey and labour:
5 the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"	5 And speaking against God end Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.
6 In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died.	6 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.
7 Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people,	7 Upon which they came to Moses, and said: We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover."	8 And the Lord said to him: Make brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.
9 Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered.	9 Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.
10 The Israelites moved on and encamped in Oboth.	10 And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in Oboth.
11 Setting out from Oboth, they encamped in Iye-abarim in the desert fronting Moab on the east.	11 And departing thence they pitched their tents in Jeabarim, in the wilderness, that faceth Moab toward the east.
12 Setting out from there, they encamped in the Wadi Zered.	12 And removing from thence, they came to the torrent Zared:
13 Setting out from there, they encamped on the other side of the Arnon, in the desert that extends from the territory of the Amorites; for the Arnon forms Moab's boundary with the Amorites.	13 Which they left and encamped over against Arnon, which is in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorrhites.
14 Hence it is said in the "Book of the Wars of the LORD": "Waheb in Suphah and the wadies,	14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord: As he did in the Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of Amen.
15 Arnon and the wadi gorges That reach back toward the site of Ar and slant to the border of Moab."	15 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
16 From there they went to Beer, where there was the well of which the LORD said to Moses, "Bring the people together, and I will give them water."	16 When they went from that place, the well appeared whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Then it was that Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well!--so sing to it--	17 Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They sung thereto:
18 The well that the princes sank, that the nobles of the people dug, with their scepters and their staffs." From Beer they went to Mattanah,	18 The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.
19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,	19 From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.
20 from Bamoth to the cleft in the plateau of Moab at the headland of Pisgah that overlooks Jeshimon.	20 From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.
21 Now Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the message,	21 And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, saying:
22 "Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, nor will we drink any well water, but we will go straight along the royal road until we have passed through your territory."	22 I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass through thy land: we will not go aside into the fields or the vineyards, we will not drink waters of the wells, we will go the king's highway, till we be past thy borders.
23 Sihon, however, would not let Israel pass through his territory, but mustered all his forces and advanced into the desert against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he engaged Israel in battle.	23 And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa, and fought against them.
24 But Israel defeated him at the point of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and as far as the country of the Ammonites, whose boundary was at Jazer.	24 And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison.
25 Israel seized all the towns here and settled in these towns of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its dependencies.	25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof.
26 Now Heshbon was the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had seized all his land from Jazer to the Arnon.	26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of Moab: and took all the land, that had been of his dominions, as far as the Arnon.
27 That is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon's capital be firmly constructed.	27 Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:
28 For fire went forth from Heshbon and a blaze from the city of Sihon; It consumed the cities of Moab and swallowed up the high places of the Arnon.	28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.
29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He let his sons become fugitives and his daughters be taken captive by the Amorite king Sihon.	29 Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.
30 Their plowland is ruined from Heshbon to Dibon; Ar is laid waste; fires blaze as far as Medeba."	30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba.
31 When Israel had settled in the land of the Amorites,	31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.
32 Moses sent spies to Jazer; Israel then captured it with its dependencies and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.	32 And Moses sent some to take a view of Jazer: and they took the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants.
33 Then they turned and went up along the road to Bashan. But Og, king of Bashan, advanced against them with all his people to give battle at Edrei.	33 And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of Basan, and Og the king of Basan came against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai.
34 The LORD, however, said to Moses, "Do not be afraid of him; for into your hand I will deliver him with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon."	34 And the Lord said to Moses: Fear him not, for I have delivered him and all his people, and his country into thy hand: and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the inhabitant of Hesebon.
35 So they struck him down with his sons and all his people, until not a survivor was left to him, and they took possession of his land.	35 So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people, not letting any one escape, and they possessed his land.