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.
Victory over the Canaanites
1 When the Canaanite king of Arad in the southern part of Canaan heard that the Israelites were coming by way of Atharim, he attacked them and captured some of them. 2 Then the Israelites made a vow to the Lord: “If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them.” 3 The Lord heard them and helped them conquer the Canaanites. So the Israelites completely destroyed them and their cities, and named the place Hormah.
The Snake Made of Bronze
4 The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road that leads to the Gulf of Aqaba, in order to go around the territory of Edom. But on the way the people lost their patience 5 and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!” 6 Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Now pray to the Lord to take these snakes away.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the Lord told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed. 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.
From Mount Hor to the Valley of the Moabites
10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. 11 After leaving that place, they camped at the ruins of Abarim in the wilderness east of Moabite territory. 12 Then they camped in Zered Valley. 13 From there they moved again and camped on the north side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness which extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.) 14 That is why The Book of the Lord's Battles speaks of “… the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the valleys; the Arnon River, 15 and the slope of the valleys that extend to the town of Ar and toward the border of Moab.”
16 From there they went on to a place called Wells, where the Lord said to Moses, “Bring the people together, and I will give them water.” 17 At that time the people of Israel sang this song:
“Wells, produce your water;
And we will greet it with a song—
18 The well dug by princes
And by leaders of the people,
Dug with a royal scepter
And with their walking sticks.”
They moved from the wilderness to Mattanah, 19 and from there they went on to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of the Moabites, below the top of Mount Pisgah, looking out over the desert.
Victory over King Sihon and King Og
(Deuteronomy 2.26—3.11)21 Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say: 22 “Let us pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road and go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from your wells; we will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory.” 23 But Sihon would not permit the people of Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered his army and went out to Jahaz in the wilderness and attacked the Israelites. 24 But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended. 25 So the people of Israel captured all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all the surrounding towns, and settled in them. 26 Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorite king Sihon, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had captured all his land as far as the Arnon River. 27 That is why the poets sing,
“Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city!
We want to see it rebuilt and restored.
28 Once from this city of Heshbon
Sihon's army went forth like a fire;
It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab
And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon.
29 How terrible for you, people of Moab!
You worshipers of Chemosh are brought to ruin!
Your god let the men become refugees,
And the women became captives of the Amorite king.
30 But now their descendants are destroyed,
All the way from Heshbon to Dibon,
From Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba.”
31 So the people of Israel settled in the territory of the Amorites, 32 and Moses sent men to find the best way to attack the city of Jazer. The Israelites captured it and its surrounding towns and drove out the Amorites living there.
33 Then the Israelites turned and took the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan marched out with his army to attack them at Edrei. 34 The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him. I will give you victory over him, all his people, and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled at Heshbon.” 35 So the Israelites killed Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors, and then they occupied his land.
