Numbers 21

vayyishma hakkena'ani melekh-arad yoshev hannegev ki ba yisra'el derekh ha'atarim vayyillakhem beyisra'el vayyishb mimmennu shevi

When the Canaanite, king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb, learned that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he engaged Israel in battle and took some of them captive.

vayyiddar yisra'el neder la-Adonai vayyomar im-naton titten et-ha'am hazzeh beyadi vehakharamti et-arehem

Then Israel made a vow to GOD and said, “If You deliver this people into our hand, we will proscribe their towns.”

vayyishma Adonai beqol yisra'el vayyitten et-hakkena'ani vayyakharem ethem ve'et-arehem vayyiqra shem-hammaqom khormah

GOD heeded Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites; and they and their cities were proscribed. So that place was named Hormah.

vayyisu mehor hahar derekh yam-suf lisvov et-erets edom vattiqtsar nefesh-ha'am baddarekh

They set out from Mount Hor by way of the Sea of Reeds to skirt the land of Edom. But the people grew restive on the journey,

vayedabber ha'am belohim uvemosheh lamah he'elitunu mimmitsrayim lamut bammidbar ki en lekhem ve'en mayim venafshenu qatsah ballekhem haqqeloqel

and the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why did you make us leave Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread and no water, and we have come to loathe this miserable food.”

vayeshallakh Adonai ba'am et hannekhashim hasserafim vayenashekhu et-ha'am vayyamot am-rav miyyisra'el

GOD sent seraph serpents against the people. They bit the people and many of the Israelites died.

vayyavo ha'am el-mosheh vayyomeru khatanu ki-dibbarnu va-Adonai vavakh hitpallel el-Adonai veyaser me'alenu et-hannakhash vayyitpallel mosheh be'ad ha'am

The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned by speaking against GOD and against you. Intercede with GOD to take away the serpents from us!” And Moses interceded for the people.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh aseh lekha saraf vesim oto al-nes vehayah kol-hannashukh vera'ah oto vakhay

Then GOD said to Moses, “Make a seraph figure and mount it on a standard. And anyone who was bitten who then looks at it shall recover.”

vayya'as mosheh nekhash nekhoshet vayesimehu al-hannes vehayah im-nashakh hannakhash et-ish vehibbit el-nekhash hannekhoshet vakhay

Moses made a copper serpent and mounted it on a standard; and if someone was bitten by a serpent, they would look at the copper serpent and recover.

vayyisu bene yisra'el vayyakhanu be'ovot

The Israelites marched on and encamped at Oboth.

vayyisu me'ovot vayyakhanu be'iyye ha'avarim bammidbar asher al-pene mo'av mimmizrakh hashamesh

They set out from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness bordering on Moab to the east.

misham nasa'u vayyakhanu benakhal zared

From there they set out and encamped at the wadi Zered.

misham nasa'u vayyakhanu me'ever arnon asher bammidbar hayyotse miggevul ha'emori ki arnon gevul mo'av ben mo'av uven ha'emori

From there they set out and encamped beyond the Arnon, that is, in the wilderness that extends from the territory of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

al-ken ye'amar besefer milkhamot Adonai et-vahev besufah ve'et-hannekhalim arnon

Therefore the Book of the Wars of GOD speaks of “…Waheb in Suphah, and the wadis: the Arnon

ve'eshed hannekhalim asher natah leshevet ar venishan ligvul mo'av

with its tributary wadis, stretched along the settled country of Ar, hugging the territory of Moab…”

umisham be'erah hiv habbe'er asher amar Adonai lemosheh esof et-ha'am ve'ettenah lahem mayim

And from there to Beer, which is the well where GOD said to Moses, “Assemble the people that I may give them water.”

az yashir yisra'el et-hashirah hazzot ali ve'er enu-lah

Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well—sing to it—

be'er khafaruha sarim karuha nedive ha'am bimkhoqeq bemishanotam umimmidbar mattanah

The well that the chieftains dug, That the nobles of the people started With maces, with their own staffs. And from Midbar to Mattanah,

umimmattanah nakhali'el uminnakhali'el bamot

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

umibbamot haggay asher bisdeh mo'av rosh happisgah venishqafah al-pene hayeshimon

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, at the peak of Pisgah, overlooking the wasteland.

vayyishlakh yisra'el malakhim el-sikhon melekh-ha'emori lemor

Israel now sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

eberah ve'artsekha lo nitteh besadeh uvekherem lo nishteh me ve'er bederekh hammelekh nelekh ad asher-na'avor gevulekha

“Let me pass through your country. We will not turn off into fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from wells. We will follow the king’s highway until we have crossed your territory.”

velo-natan sikhon et-yisra'el avor bigvulo vayye'esof sikhon et-kol-ammo vayyetse liqrat yisra'el hammidbarah vayyavo yahetsah vayyillakhem beyisra'el

But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Sihon gathered all his troops and went out against Israel in the wilderness. He came to Jahaz and engaged Israel in battle.

vayyakkehu yisra'el lefi-kharev vayyirash et-artso me'arnon ad-yabboq ad-bene ammon ki az gevul bene ammon

But Israel put them to the sword, and took possession of their land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as [Az] of the Ammonites, for Az marked the boundary of the Ammonites.

vayyiqqakh yisra'el et kol-he'arim ha'elleh vayyeshev yisra'el bekhol-are ha'emori bekheshbon uvekhol-benoteha

Israel took all those towns. And Israel settled in all the towns of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its dependencies.

ki kheshbon ir sikhon melekh ha'emori hiv vehu nilkham bemelekh mo'av harishon vayyiqqakh et-kol-artso miyyado ad-arnon

Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against a former king of Moab and taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon.

al-ken yomeru hammoshelim bo'u kheshbon tibbaneh vetikkonen ir sikhon

Therefore the bards would recite: “Come to Heshbon; firmly built And well founded is Sihon’s city.

ki-esh yatse'ah mekheshbon lehavah miqqiryat sikhon okhlah ar mo'av ba'ale bamot arnon

For fire went forth from Heshbon, Flame from Sihon’s city, Consuming Ar of Moab, The lords of Bamoth by the Arnon.

oy-lekha mo'av avadta am-kemosh natan banayw peletim uvenotayw bashevit lemelekh emori sikhon

Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! His sons are rendered fugitive And his daughters captive By an Amorite king, Sihon.”

vanniram avad kheshbon ad-divon vannashim ad-nofakh asherׄ ad-medeva

Yet we have cast them down utterly, Heshbon along with Dibon; We have wrought desolation at Nophah, Which is hard by Medeba.

vayyeshev yisra'el be'erets ha'emori

So Israel occupied the land of the Amorites.

vayyishlakh mosheh leraggel et-yazer vayyilkedu benoteha (vyyrsh) [vayyoresh] et-ha'emori asher-sham

Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its dependencies and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

vayyifnu vayya'alu derekh habbashan vayyetse og melekh-habbashan liqratam hu vekhol-ammo lammilkhamah edre'i

They marched on and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan, with all his troops, came out to Edrei to engage them in battle.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh al-tira oto ki veyadekha natatti oto ve'et-kol-ammo ve'et-artso ve'asita lo ka'asher asita lesikhon melekh ha'emori asher yoshev bekheshbon

But GOD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I give him and all his troops and his land into your hand. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon.”

vayyakku oto ve'et-banayw ve'et-kol-ammo ad-bilti hishir-lo sarid vayyireshu et-artso

They defeated him and his sons and all his troops, until no remnant was left him; and they took possession of his country.