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.
1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 ¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
33 ¶ And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
