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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF NUM 21:1 The Canaanites of Arad Attack Israel.
When the Canaanites of the kingdom of Arad, who occupied the south, heard that Israel was coming by the road of the Atharim, they fought with Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
RF NUM 21:2 Then Israel waved a vow to the EVER-LIVING, and said;—"If you will give this people to my hand, then I will destroy their towns."
RF NUM 21:3 And the EVER-LIVING listened to the voice of Israel, and gave them the Canaanites; so they destroyed them and their towns, and named the district Destruction.
RF NUM 21:4 Retreat Towards the Sea of Weeds.
Then they marched from the Peak of the Highlands towards the Sea of Weeds, and skirted the land of Edom, but the retreat depressed the spirit of the People,
RF NUM 21:5 so the People spoke against GOD, and against Moses,—"Why have you brought us up from the Mitzeraim to die in a desert, where there is neither bread, nor water, and our spirits depressed by this vile food?"
RF NUM 21:6 The LORD therefore sent to the People inflammatory serpents, who stung the People, and a great number of the people of Israel died.
RF NUM 21:7 Then the People came to Moses and said, "We have sinned; because we have spoken against the EVER-LIVING and against you. Pray to JEHOVAH that He may send the serpents away from us."
RF NUM 21:8 So Moses prayed on account of the People. Then the EVER-LIVING said to Moses, "Make for yourself a Fiery Serpent, and put it up as a standard,—and it shall be that when anyone is stung, he can look upon it and live."
RF NUM 21:9 The Brazen Serpent Made.
Then Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it up as a standard, and when anyone was stung by a serpent and looked upon that serpent of brass, he lived.
RF NUM 21:10 The March to Aboth and Ain.
The children of Israel afterwards marched, and encamped in Aboth.
RF NUM 21:11 Then they marched to Aye-on-the-fords, in the desert which is facing Moab, away from the rising sun. 1
RF NUM 21:12 From there they marched and encamped at the brook of Arad,
RF NUM 21:13 From there they marched and encamped at the ford of Arnon which is in the desert that extends as a boundary for the Amorites; for the Arnon was the boundary between Moab and the Amorites.
RF NUM 21:14 As it is said in "The Book of the Wars of the Lord":2
"At Suf he was parched, and the gorges of Arnon,
RF NUM 21:15 The cliffs that lean down from the dwellings of Ar,
And slope to the boundary of Moab.
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1 Note, V. 11. That is, upon the western side of Moab.—F.F.
2 Note. I think the last clause of verse 13, and on to the end of verse 16, is an explanatory note of a copyist of a later time, and not part of the diary of Moses.—F.F.
RF NUM 21:16 And from there to the Well. "
This is the Well where the EVER-LIVING said to Moses, "Let the people rest, and provide them water."
RF NUM 21:17 Then Israel sang this song,
Song at the Well.
"Spring up Well to refresh us;—
RF NUM 21:18 Dug by rejoicing princes;
By the People's Chiefs and Ruler;—
A refreshing gift in the Desert!
RF NUM 21:19 And a gift from the rivers of GOD,
From the rivers of GOD in the hills.
RF NUM 21:20 From the heights it passed to the valley;
To Moab's plain from the Peak of Pisgah,
And clothed the face of the waste!"1
RF NUM 21:21 Ambassadors sent to Sihon.
Then Israel sent ambassadors to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying;—
RF NUM 21:22 Request to March through Ammon.
"I wish to pass through your country. I will not extend into the farms and vineyards. I will not drink water from the wells, and I will march on the Traveller's Highway only, until I have passed over your boundaries."
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1. Note upon verses 18-20. Part of v. 18 and all verses 19, 20 are in A. V., and R. V., translated as a description of marches, not as I do, as a part of the "Song at the Well." But to take those verses as geographical names is a clear contradiction to the context, which states that the Israelite army was on the borders of Moab and the Amorites, waiting for permission to pass over, not five marches—100 miles—from there; as five marches in Oriental reckoning would have been. Therefore I read them as a part of the song of thanksgiving for finding the well after the long waterless marches. However, I here add the usual version of the verses as translated in a jargon of Hebrew and English, for those who prefer it. A. V. Ch. xxi. v. 18 (part of) to 20: "And from the Wilderness they went to Mattanah: and from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: and from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh towards Jeshimon." To further prove that verses 18 to 20 are a part of the Song of the Well, and not a series of geographical names, consult Ch. 33. vs. 47-50, where in the Way-book of the Marchings no mention is made of any such places or journeys, as all former translators make the verses above seem to be.—F.F.
RF NUM 21:23 Sihon Refuses and the Amorites are Defeated.
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass over his borders; so Sihon collected all his forces and advanced to attack Israel in the desert. When he arrived at Yatz, he fought with Israel,
RF NUM 21:24 but Israel defeated him by the sword, and seized the country from the Arnon as far as the Jabok, from the sons of Ammon,—for that is the boundary of the Amorites.
RF NUM 21:25 The Israelites also captured all the cities—Israel occupied all the villages of the Amorites,—with Heshbon and all its villages;
RF NUM 21:26 for Heshbon was the capital of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, for formerly he had a war with the king of Moab, and took the whole of his country from his possession as far as the Arnon.
RF NUM 21:27 Therefore the poets say;—
"Bring straw to Heshbon,
And build a city for Sihon,
RF NUM 21:28 For a fire coming from Heshbon,
A flame from the palace of Sihon,
Has burnt up Ar of Moab,
Going up to the cliffs of Arnon!
RF NUM 21:29 Alas! for you, Moab, the people of Kemosh!
Your sons are given to flight,
And your girls as slaves to Sihon the Amorite king;
RF NUM 21:30 And the archers destroy from Heshbon to Dibon,
And waste from Noph as far as to Midba!"
RF NUM 21:31 Thus Israel occupied the country of the Amorites.
RF NUM 21:32 Iazer Captured.
Moses then sent infantry to Iazer, who captured it and its villages, and they drove out the Amorites who were there.
RF NUM 21:33 Then they turned and ascended by the road from Heshbon, when Og, king of Bashan advanced to attack them, he and all his forces, in the battle of Adrai.
RF NUM 21:34 But the EVER-LIVING said to Moses;—"Fear him not For I will give him into your hand,—him and all his People, and his country; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who resided in Heshbon."
RF NUM 21:35 They consequently defeated him, and his sons, and all his forces, until there was not a detachment left to him, and they seized his country.




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