Numbers 21

Arad, a king of the Canaanites, attacks Israel, and makes same prisoners, Numbers 21:1 . They devote him and his people to destruction, Numbers 21:2 ; which they afterwards accomplished, Numbers 21:3 . They journey from Hor, and are greatly discouraged, Numbers 21:4 . They murmur against God and Moses, and loathe the manna, Numbers 21:5 . The Lord sends fiery serpents among them, Numbers 21:6 . They repent, and beg Moses to intercede for them, Numbers 21:7 . The Lord directs him to make a brazen serpent, and set it on a pole, that the people might look on it and be healed, Numbers 21:8 . Moses does so, and the people who beheld the brazen serpent lived, Numbers 21:9 . They journey to Oboth, Ije-abarim, Zared, and Arnon, Numbers 21:10-13 . A quotation from the book of the wars of the Lord, Numbers 21:14 , Numbers 21:15 . From Arnon they came to Beer, Numbers 21:16 . Their song of triumph, Numbers 21:17-20 . Moses sends messengers to the Amorites for permission to pass through their land, Numbers 21:21 , Numbers 21:22 . Sihon their king refuses, attacks Israel, is defeated, and all his cities destroyed, Numbers 21:23-26 . The poetic proverbs made on the occasion, Numbers 21:27-30 . Israel possesses the land of the Amorites, Numbers 21:31 , Numbers 21:32 . They are attacked by Og king of Bashan, Numbers 21:33 . They defeat him, destroy his troops and family, and possess his land, Numbers 21:34 , Numbers 21:35 .