Vara čūska
1 Un kanaānietis, Arādas ķēniņš, kas mita Negebā, padzirdēja, ka Israēls nāk pa Atārīmas ceļu, un viņš cīnījās pret Israēlu un saņēma gūstekņus. 2 Tad Israēls zvērēja Kungam: “Ja tu dotin atdosi šo tautu manā rokā, tad es nopostīšu viņu pilsētas!” 3 Kungs paklausīja Israēlam un atdeva viņam kanaāniešus, un viņš tos apkāva un izpostīja viņu pilsētas, to vietu nosauca par Hormu .
4 Un viņi gāja no Hora kalna pa ceļu, kas ved uz Niedru jūru, lai apietu Edoma zemi, bet tauta ceļā kļuva nepacietīga. 5 Un tauta runāja pret Dievu un Mozu: “Kāpēc tu mūs izvedi no Ēģiptes, lai mēs mirstam tuksnesī, jo šeit nav maizes un ūdens, un mums riebj šis sliktais ēdiens!” 6 Tad Kungs sūtīja tautā ugunīgas čūskas, un tās koda ļaudis, un Israēlā nomira daudz ļaužu. 7 Tad tauta nāca pie Mozus un teica: “Mēs esam grēkojuši, jo mēs runājām pret Kungu un tevi. Lūdzies Kungu, lai viņš atņem mums čūskas!” Tad Mozus lūdza par tautu. 8 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Taisi sev ugunīgu čūsku un liec kāta galā – ja kāds tiek sakosts, lai skatās uz to, un tas paliks dzīvs!” 9 Un Mozus taisīja vara čūsku un lika to karoga kāta galā; un, ja kādu sakoda čūska, tad tas palūkojās uz vara čūsku un palika dzīvs.
Došanās caur Moāba zemi
10 Un Israēla dēli gāja un apmetās Obotā. 11 No Obotas viņi gāja un apmetās Ije-Abarīmā, tuksnesī, kas ir pret Moābu, pret saules lēktu. 12 No turienes viņi gāja un apmetās Zeredas ielejā. 13 No turienes viņi gāja un apmetās otrpus Arnonas, kas tuksnesī, kurš plešas no amoriešu robežām, jo Arnona ir Moāba robeža starp Moābu un amoriešiem. 14 Tādēļ Kunga karu grāmatā teikts:
“Vāheba Sūfā un upes Arnonā,
15 un upes paleja, kas stiepjas līdz Šebet-Ārai
un piekļaujas Moāba robežai.”
16 Un no turienes viņi devās uz Beēru – tā ir aka, par ko Kungs Mozum teica: “Sapulcini tautu, un es došu tai ūdeni.” 17 Tad Israēls dziedāja šo dziesmu:
“Guldzi, aka! Dziediet tai!
18 Aka, ko pravieši raka,
tautas augstmaņi greba
ar zižļiem un scepteriem!” –
un no tuksneša viņi devās uz Matānu,
19 no Matānas uz Nahaliēlu, un no Nahaliēlas uz Bāmotu, 20 un no Bāmotas uz ieleju, kas Moāba laukos, kur pār tuksneša klaju noraugās Pisgas virsotne.
Amoriešu ķēniņa Sīhona sakāve
(5Moz 2:26–37)21 Tad Israēls sūtīja vēstnešus uz Sīhonu pie amoriešu ķēniņa: 22 “Ļauj man iziet caur tavu zemi – uz lauku vai vīnadārzu mēs nenogriezīsimies, mēs nedzersim no akām, mēs tikai iesim pa ķēniņa ceļu, līdz šķērsosim tavas robežas!” 23 Bet Sīhons neļāva Israēlam iet cauri savām robežām. Sīhons sapulcināja visus savus ļaudis un izgāja tuksnesī pretī Israēlam, devās uz Jahacu un cīnījās ar Israēlu. 24 Israēls viņu sakāva ar zobena asmeni un iemantoja viņa zemi no Arnonas līdz Jabokai, līdz Amona dēliem, jo Amona dēlu robeža bija Jaazēra. 25 Israēls ieņēma visas šīs pilsētas, un Israēls apmetās visās amoriešu pilsētās Hešbonā un tās ciematos. 26 Hešbona bija amoriešu ķēniņa Sīhona pilsēta, viņš bija karojis ar iepriekšējo Moāba ķēniņu un atņēmis tam visu viņa zemi līdz Arnonai. 27 Tādēļ teicēji saka:
“Nāciet celt Hešbonu,
lai dibina Sīhona pilsētu!
28 Uguns nāca no Hešbonas,
uguns no Sīhona pilsētas –
tā aprija Moāba Āru,
Arnonas augstieņu kungus!
29 Vai tev, Moāb!
Tu ej bojā, Kemoša tauta, –
tā darīja savus dēlus par bēgļiem
un savas meitas par gūsteknēm
amoriešu ķēniņam Sīhonam!
30 Viņa dēli ir gājuši bojā
no Hešbonas līdz Dībonai,
mēs iztukšojām visu līdz Nofahai,
kas līdz Mēdbai!”
31 Israēls apmetās amoriešu zemē. 32 Un Mozus sūtīja izlūkot Jaazēru, un viņi ieņēma tās ciematus, un viņš sagrāba turienes amoriešu īpašumus.
Bāšānas ķēniņa Oga sakāve
(5Moz 3:1–22)33 Tad viņi pagriezās un devās ceļā uz Bāšānu, un Ogs, Bāšānas ķēniņš, iznāca viņam pretī kopā ar savu tautu, lai cīnītos pie Edreī. 34 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Nebaidieties no viņa, jo es viņu atdošu tev un arī viņa tautu, un viņa zemi, un tu viņam darīsi tāpat, kā darīji amoriešu ķēniņam Sīhonam, kas mita Hešbonā.” 35 Un viņi kāva to un viņa dēlus, un visu viņa tautu, kamēr viņam vairs neviens nepalika pāri, un iemantoja viņa zemi.
Israel Defeats the Canaanites at Hormah
1 The Canaanite king of Arad lived in the Southern Desert of Canaan, and when he heard that the Israelites were on their way to the village of Atharim, he attacked and took some of them hostage.
2 The Israelites prayed, “Our Lord, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”
3 The Lord answered their prayer and helped them wipe out the Canaanite army and completely destroy their towns. That's why one of the towns is named Hormah, which means “Destroyed Place.”
Moses Makes a Bronze Snake
4 The Israelites had to go around the territory of Edom, so when they left Mount Hor, they headed south toward the Red Sea. But along the way, the people became so impatient 5 that they complained against God and said to Moses, “Did you bring us out of Egypt, just to let us die in the desert? There's no water out here, and we can't stand this awful food!”
6 Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.
7 Some of the people went to Moses and admitted, “It was wrong of us to insult you and the Lord. Now please ask him to make these snakes go away.”
Moses prayed, 8 and the Lord answered, “Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and be saved from death.”
9 Moses obeyed the Lord. And all of those who looked at the bronze snake lived, even though they had been bitten by the poisonous snakes.
Israel's Journey to Moab
10 As the Israelites continued their journey to Canaan, they camped at Oboth, 11 then at Iye-Abarim in the desert east of Moab, 12 and then in the Zered Gorge. 13 After that, they crossed the Arnon River gorge and camped in the Moabite desert bordering Amorite territory. The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. 14 A song in The Book of the Lord's Battles mentions the town of Waheb with its creeks in the territory of Suphah. It also mentions the Arnon River, 15 with its valleys that lie alongside the Moabite border and extend to the town of Ar.
16 From the Arnon, the Israelites went to the well near the town of Beer, where the Lord had said to Moses, “Call the people together, and I will give them water to drink.”
17 That's also the same well the Israelites sang about in this song:
Let's celebrate!
The well has given us water.
18 With their royal scepters,
our leaders pointed out
where to dig the well.
The Israelites left the desert and camped near the town of Mattanah, 19 then at Nahaliel, and then at Bamoth. 20 Finally, they reached Moabite territory, where they camped near Mount Pisgah in a valley overlooking the desert north of the Dead Sea.
Israel Defeats King Sihon the Amorite
(Deuteronomy 2.26-37)21 The Israelites sent this message to King Sihon of the Amorites:
22 Please let us pass through your territory. We promise to stay away from your fields and vineyards, and we won't drink any water from your wells. As long as we're in your land, we'll stay on the main road.
23 But Sihon refused to let Israel travel through his land. Instead, he called together his entire army and marched into the desert to attack Israel near the town of Jahaz. 24 Israel defeated them and took over the Amorite territory from the Arnon River gorge in the south to the Jabbok River gorge in the north. Beyond the Jabbok was the territory of the Ammonites, who were much stronger than Israel.
25 The Israelites settled in the Amorite towns, including the capital city of Heshbon with its surrounding villages. 26 King Sihon had ruled from Heshbon, after defeating the Moabites and taking over their land north of the Arnon River gorge. 27 That's why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon:
Come and rebuild Heshbon,
King Sihon's capital city!
28 His armies marched out
like fiery flames,
burning down the town of Ar
and destroying the hills
along the Arnon River.
29 You Moabites are done for!
Your god Chemosh
deserted your people;
they were captured, taken away
by King Sihon the Amorite.
30 We completely defeated Moab.
The towns of Heshbon and Dibon,
of Nophah and Medeba
are ruined and gone.
31 After the Israelites had settled in the Amorite territory, 32 Moses sent some men to explore the town of Jazer. Later, the Israelites captured the villages surrounding it and forced out the Amorites who lived there.
Israel Defeats King Og of Bashan
(Deuteronomy 3.1-11)33 The Israelites headed toward the region of Bashan, where King Og ruled, and he led his entire army to Edrei to meet Israel in battle.
34 The Lord said to Moses, “Don't be afraid of Og. I will help you defeat him and his army, just as you did King Sihon who ruled in Heshbon. Og's territory will be yours.”
35 So the Israelites wiped out Og, his family, and his entire army—there were no survivors. Then Israel took over the land of Bashan.
