1And king Arad the Canaanite, who dwelt in the south, heard that the

2And the children of Israel were greatly afraid of him, for he had a great

3And the children of Israel turned back about the distance of three days'

4And the children of Israel would not get back to their places, so they

5And when the children of Levi saw that the children of Israel would not

6And when they returned, king Arad was still arranging his host for battle

7And Israel vowed a vow, saying, If thou wilt deliver this people into my

8And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and he delivered the

9And the children of Israel journeyed from Mount Hor and pitched in Oboth,

10And the children of Israel sent to Moab, saying, Let us pass now through

11Therefore Moab would not suffer the Israelites to pass through his land,

12And the children of Israel journeyed from the border of Moab, and they

13And the children of Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites,

14Let us pass through thy land, we will not turn into the fields or into the

15So Sihon collected all the people of the Amorites and went forth into the

16And the Lord delivered Sihon king of the Amorites into the hand of the

17And the children of Israel took possession of the land of Sihon from Aram

18And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of

19And all the children of Israel resolved to fight against the children of

20So the Lord said to the children of Israel, Do not besiege the children of

21And the children of Israel turned and went up by the way of Bashan to the

22And Og king of Bashan was a very powerful man, but Naaron his son was

23And Og said in his heart, Behold now the whole camp of Israel takes up a

24And Og went up Mount Jahaz, and took therefrom one large stone, the length

25And the angel of the Lord came and pierced the stone upon the head of Og,

26At that time the Lord said to the children of Israel, Be not afraid of

27And Moses went down to him with a small number of the children of Israel,

28The children of Israel afterward pursued the children of Og and all his

29Moses afterward sent some of the children of Israel to spy out Jaazer, for

30And the spies went to Jaazer and explored it, and the spies trusted in the

31And these men took Jaazer and its villages, and the Lord delivered them

32And the children of Israel took the land of the two kings of the Amorites,

33And the children of Israel journeyed and came into the plain of Moab which

34And the children of Moab heard all the evil which the children of Israel

35And the elders of Moab said, Behold the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon

36Surely they sent us a message before now to pass through our land on their

37And the elders of Moab resolved and took one of their men, Balak the son

38And the elders of Moab rose up and sent to the children of Midian to make

39And the children of Moab sent to the children of Midian, and they made

40And the elders of Moab counselled with the elders of Midian what to do in

41And all the children of Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now therefore

42And the elders of Midian said to Moab, We have heard that at the time when

43Now therefore send you also to Balaam his son, for he still remains in his

44So Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab sent messengers to Balaam, saying.

45Behold there is a people come out from Egypt, behold they cover the face

46Now therefore come and curse this people for me, for they are too mighty

47So the messengers of Balak went to Balaam and brought Balaam to curse the

48And Balaam came to Balak to curse Israel, and the Lord said to Balaam,

49And Balak urged Balaam day by day to curse Israel, but Balaam hearkened

50And when Balak saw that Balaam would not accede to his wish, he rose up

51And the children of Israel journeyed from the plain of Moab, and pitched

52And when the children of Israel abode in the plain of Shittim, they began

53And the children of Israel approached Moab, and the children of Moab

54And the children of Moab were afraid of the children of Israel, and the

55And the children of Moab seated those women at the door of their tents, in

56And all the children of Moab did this thing to the children of Israel, and

57And it came to pass that when a Hebrew came to the door of the tent of

58Surely you know that we are brethren, we are all the descendents of Lot

59And when the children of Moab had thus overwhelmed him with their

60They then gave him wine and he drank and became intoxicated, and they

61Thus did the children of Moab to Israel in that place, in the plain of

62Now there was a man of the children of Simeon whose name was Zimri, the

63And Phineas the son of Elazer, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this

Chapter 85

Some of the Canaanites rise up to fight Israel, who are frightened