The VVell. Nu M B ER S X X L äihon vanclulfhed. I;I bitten,when bee looketh upon it, (mall live. 9' And Mofes made a ferpent of braffe, and put it upon a pole i and it was, that if a fer. pent had bitten a man,when he bee held the ferpent of braffe, he lived. Io And the fonnesof Ifrael journeyed , and 1 t encamped in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Ije Abarim, in the wilderneffe which is before Moab,to- 12 ward the Sunne.riling. From thencethey journeyed, and camped in the valley of 13 Zated. From thencethey journeyed , and camped on the other fide of Arnon , which is in the wilderneffe, which commeth out of the border ofthe Amorite; for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene Moab and the Amorite 14 Wherefore it is laid in the booke of the wars of lehovah,Vaheb ina whirlewind,and 15 the brooks of Arnon. And the fiream of the brookes, which declineth to thefituation of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence to Beer, that is, theWell whereof Jehovah faid unto Mofes, Gather together the people, and I will give them water. 17 Then fang Ifrael this Song: Spring up O 18 Well,anfwer yeunto it. The Wel,the Prin. ces diggedit, the Nobles of the people del- ved it,with the Law - giver,with their llaves. And from thewilderneffe, (they joarneycd)to 19 Mattanab. And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, so and from Nahaliel to Bamoth. And from Bamoth to the valley which is in the field of Moab, the head of Pifgah, and it looketh toward lefhimon. 21 And Ifrael Pent meffengers unto Sihon 22 King of the Amorites, laying: Let me paffe thorow thyland; we willnot turnalide into field,or intovineyard;we will not drinke of the waters of the wel;we wil go in the kings" 33 way until we be pall thy border. And Sihon wertld not grant Ifrael to paffe thorow his border': but Sihon gatheredtogether all his people, and went outagainft Ifael into the wildernelfe; and hee came tolahaz, and 24 fought again([ Ifrael And Ifrael fmote, him with the edge of the fword , and poffeffed his land ,from Arnon unto Iabbok,even unto the fons of Ammon; for the border of the 25 Fons of Ammon wie prong. And lfrael took á1l there cities, and Ifrael dwelt in all the ci. ties of the Amórite,inHeíhbon, and inall 26 the daughters thereof.For Hefhbon wasthe cille of Sihon , the King of the Amorites : and he hadfought againft the formet king of Moab,and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Annoti. Wherefore they that 27 (peak in proverbs,fay, Come intoHefhbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. For a fire is gone out from Hefhbon, a lame from the citie of Sihon; it hath confu. med Ar of Moab, the Lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee,Moab,thou 29 art perifhed, ô people of Chemofh: he hath given hisfonnes that efcaped, & his daugh- ters into captivity, unto Sihon, thekingof the Amontes. And their lamp is perilhed 130 from Hefhbon, evenunto Dibon ; and wee have laid them wale even unto Nophah, which rescheth unto Medeba, And Ifrael 3t dwelt inthe land oldie Amorite. And Mo.. 32; fes fent to fpy out lazer, and they tooke the daughters thereof, and drove out the Amo- rite that WAS there. And they turned,& went 33 up the way of Balhan ; and Og the king of Bafhan went out againft them, he and all his people,to the batted at Edrei. And Iehovah 34 faid unto Mofes,Feare him not, for into thy hand have I given him, and all his people, and hisland ; and thou (halt doe unto him as thou diddeft unto Siltón king of the Amo- rites, which dwelt in Hefhbon. And they 35 (mote him,and his fonnes,and all hispeople, until there was none left him remaining;and they poffeffed his land. 28 Lianotitions. IT Ing of Arad] Arad feemeth to be the name Ss.of the citie Where the Kin reigned, as in Lax 2.I 4.and fo theChaldee here explaineth it. in the South ] the South part in the land ofCa- naan, Numb. 33. 40. the way of the (pies] or, the way ofAtbarim, as the Greek verlìon retaineth the Hebrew name, as proper ; and it might be a way fo called,and well knowne in that time. But the Chaidee traoflateth it,the way of the filies; meaning that they came towards Canaan after they had beene turned back towards thered lea, Num.' 4. 25. and had beene at Eiion- gaber, Numb33.3 5 they rettirned towards Canaan agaìne, along by Edoms coaul, to come unto the land which the fpies had fearched,Nam.I 3. a captivisy]that is, fome captives,or prifoners.So captivity is tiled for captives, or people taken in warre, in Num.3 r. r a. Iudg.5. r 2.2.Chron.28.5. & often : as poverty, for a compàny of poore people,2.Kin.24. s o. &fpoüe, for fpoiled people,Amos 5.9. thankelgivings, tor a company of thankefgivers,Neh.I2.3 T. and many the like. The Canaanites having heard of the o= verthrow which was given Ifrael , 38. yeares be- fore,Nttmb.14.45. & of the hand of God againii them fo long in the wildernelfe, were hardned & emboldned to encounter them row when they heard Á111Pn..7Ww..www... .,..,. .. -Ar Í
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