The Canaanite King of Arad heard—who lived in the south—that Yisroel had come by the route of the spies; he attacked Yisroel, and he took from them a captive.

And when the Kena῾anite, the king of ῾Arad, who dwelt in the Negev, heard tell that Yisra᾽el came by the way of Atarim; then he fought against Yisra᾽el, and took some of them prisoners.

And [when] the Canaanite heard [(The Amalekites changed their language to that of Canaan, so that the Israelites pray for victory over the Canaanites" (which they were not)], the king of Arad, the dweller in the south [i.e., Amalek (see 13:29)] — [when he heard that Aaron had died and the clouds of glory had departed and] that Israel was coming by way of Atharim [the southern route, by which the spies had come (see 13:22)], he fought with Israel, and he captured from them a captive [a single maidservant].

Yisroel made a vow to Adonoy and said, “If You will deliver this people into my hand, I shall consecrate their cities.”

And Yisra᾽el vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.

And Israel vowed a vow unto the L-rd and said: If You give this people into my hand [(When Israel saw them dressed as Amalekites and speaking the Canaanite tongue, they said "this people" — whoever they are], then I shall consecrate [the spoils of] their cities [to the L-rd].

Adonoy heard Yisroel’s voice, and He delivered the Canaanites (into Yisroel’s hand), and he (Yisroel) destroyed them and [consecrated] their cities; the region was named Chormo.

And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Yisra᾽el, and delivered up the Kena῾ani; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Ḥorma.

And the L-rd hearkened to the voice of Israel, and He delivered up the Canaanites, and he (Israel) exterminated them and [he plundered] their cities [(as per 2 above)], and he called the name of the place Charmah ["devastation"].

They then traveled from Mount Hor by the Reed Sea route, in order to circle around the land of Edom; traveling was insufferable to the people.

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Sea of Suf, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

And they journeyed from Hor Hahar by way of the Red Sea [(the same way they had turned back by G-d's decree (see Deuteronomy 1:40) in the episode of the spies)] to go around the land of Edom, [(having been refused permission to pass through it)], and the soul of the people became constricted [(i.e., unable to "contain" their distress)] by the [duress of the] way [(being "so near and yet so far," and likening their situation to that of their fathers, who turned back thus and languished in the desert for thirty-eight years)].

The people spoke out against God and Moshe, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no food and no water, and we are disgusted with this rotten bread.”

And the people spoke against God, and against Moshe, Why have you brought us up out of Miżrayim to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, nor is there any water; and our soul loathes this miserable bread.

And the people spoke against G-d and against Moses ["they likened the servant to his Master"]: Why did you ["both of you"] bring us up from Egypt to die in the desert? For there is no bread and there is no water, and our souls are constricted by this flimsy bread [(which is absorbed in our limbs and which must ultimately make us "burst")].

Adonoy sent against the people the consuming snakes, and they bit the people, and many people of Yisroel died.

And the Lord sent venomous serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Yisra᾽el died.

And the L-rd sent against the people the fiery serpents [(which burn by their venom)], and they bit the people, and a large number died of Israel.

The people came to Moshe and said, “We have sinned by speaking against Adonoy and you; pray to Adonoy that He remove the snakes from us.” Moshe prayed on behalf of the people.

Therefore the people came to Moshe and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moshe prayed for the people.

And the people came to Moses and they said: We have sinned, for we spoke against the L-rd and against you. Pray to the L-rd that He remove the serpent from us; and Moses prayed on behalf of the people.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Make yourself [the image of] a consuming snake, and place it upon a banner; and anyone bitten will look at it and live.”

And the Lord said to Moshe, Make thee a venomous serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live.

And the L-rd said to Moses: Make for yourself a fiery serpent (nachash) and place it on a pole. And it shall be, whoever is bitten [(Even if he were bitten by a dog or an ass, he would waste away)], if he sees it [(even without gazing at it intently)], he shall live.

Moshe made a copper snake and placed it on the banner; whenever a snake bit a person, he would gaze upon the copper snake and live.

And Moshe 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.

And Moses made a serpent of copper (nechosheth) [(Since the L-rd called it "nachash," he made it of nechosheth)], and he placed it on a pole. And it was, if the snake had bitten a man, when he gazed [intently] at the copper snake, he lived.

Bnei Yisroel traveled on and camped in Ovos.

And the children of Yisra᾽el set forward, and pitched in Ovot.

And the children of Israel journeyed, and they encamped in Ovoth.

They traveled from Ovos and camped in the wasteland passes in the wilderness, facing Moav, eastward of the sun.

And they journeyed from Ovot, and pitched at ῾Iyye-῾avarim, in the wilderness which is before Mo᾽av, toward the sunrising.

And they journeyed from Ovoth, and they encamped in Iyei Ha'avarim [so called because of those who pass (ovrim) Har Nevo there on the way to the land of Canaan, (Har Nevo separating the land of Moav from the land of the Emori)], in the desert, before Moav toward the rising of the sun [i.e., to the east of Moav].

They traveled from there and camped in the valley of Zered.

From thence they removed, and pitched in the wadi of Zered.

From there they journeyed, and they encamped in Nachal Zared.

They traveled from there and camped opposite Arnon, in the wilderness, extending from the Emorite border; Arnon being the Moav border between Moav and the Emorite.

From thence they removed, and pitched on the side of Arnon which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Emori: for Arnon is the border of Mo᾽av, between Mo᾽av and the Emori.

From there they journeyed, [around the entire southern and eastern border of Moav, (Moav not permitting them to pass through their land)] and they encamped on the [other, northern,] side [of Moav in] Arnon, [Emori territory] which is in the desert, which juts out from the boundary of the Emori. For Arnon is the boundary of Moav, between Moav and the Emori.

Concerning this will be told in the Book of the Wars of Adonoy, “He gave at the Reeds (Sea) and the valleys of Arnon.

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, Vahev in Sufa and the wadis of Arnon.

Of this [encampment and the miracles wrought therein] it will be stated in recounting the wars of the L-rd [i.e., the miracles wrought by the L-rd for our forefathers], what He gave them [i.e., the miracles He performed for them] at the Red Sea and at the valleys of Arnon. [Just as the former miracles are recounted, so should the latter be.]

And the spillage in the valleys when it turned to dwell at Ar, and then leaned on the border of Moav.

And the stream of the wadis that goes down to the dwelling of ῾Ar, and lies upon the border of Mo᾽av.

[And what are these miracles?] The spilling [of the blood of the Emorites] in the valleys. [The Emorites secreted themselves in mountain crypts on the Moavite side to waylay the Israelites as they passed through, and the mountain on the Emorite side moved forward and crushed them with its projections] — which [mountain] moved [from its place] to fix itself [i.e., its projections] in Ar [of Moav]; it leaned on the boundary of Moav.

From there, to the well; this is the well of which Adonoy said to Moshe, ‘Gather the people and I will give them water.’”

And from thence they went to Be᾽er: that is the well of which the Lord spoke to Moshe, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

And from there [it (the blood flow) came] to the well. [The well (that followed the Israelites) descended into the valley and brought up from there the blood and the limbs of the slain to apprise Israel of the miracle that had been wrought for them] — the well of which the L-rd said to Moses: Gather the people and I will give them water.

It was then that Yisroel sang this song : “Arise, O well, sing to it!

Then Yisra᾽el sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing to it:

Then Israel sang this song: "Bring up, O well, [what you are bringing up from the valley]; sing to it.

The well dug by princes, that the nobles of the nation excavated, through the lawgiver, with their staffs; from the wilderness a gift.

the well that the princes dug out, that the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattana:

The well which princes [Moses and Aaron] dug, which the nobles of the people hollowed by (word of) the lawgiver, [Moses] with their staff; and from the desert [it was given to them as] a gift.

The gift (traveled) to the valley, and from the valley to the heights.

and from Mattana to Naĥali᾽el: and from Naĥali᾽el to Bamot:

And after it had been given to them, [it descended with them] to the valley, and from the valley [it ascended with them] to the heights.

And from the heights to the valley that is in the field of Moav, at the top of the peak that overlooks the wastelands.”

and from Bamot to the valley, that is in the country of Mo᾽av, to the top of Pisga, which looks out towards the desert.

And from the heights [it descended] to the valley in the field of Moav, the top of the height [(where Moses died and the well ceased flowing)], which [height] looks out on the face of Yeshimon" [lit., "the waste" (i.e., the desert)].

Yisroel sent emissaries to Sichon, King of the Emorite, saying.

And Yisra᾽el sent messengers to Siĥon king of the Emori, saying,

And Israel [i.e., Moses — the leader of the generation being "Israel" (see Deuteronomy 2:26 and Numbers 20:14)] sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, saying:

“Let me pass through your land, we will not turn aside into the fields and vineyards, we will not drink well water; we will go by the King’s road until we have passed through your territory.”

Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside 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 highway, until we have past thy borders.

Let me pass through your land [(They opened with an offer of peace though not having been commanded to do so)]; we shall not turn into field or into vineyard. We shall not drink water from the wells. On the king's way shall we go until we pass your boundary.

But Sichon did not allow Yisroel to pass through his territory; Sichon gathered all his people and went out against Yisroel to the wilderness; he came to Yohatz and attacked Yisroel.

And Siĥon would not allow Yisra᾽el to pass through his border: but Siĥon gathered all his people together, and went out against Yisra᾽el into the wilderness: and he came to Yahaż, and fought against Yisra᾽el.

And Sichon did not allow Israel to pass through his boundary, and Sichon gathered together all his people, and he went out against Israel to the desert, and he came to Yahatz and he fought against Israel.

Yisroel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land; from Arnon to the Yabok, as far as Amon[’s border], because Amon’s border was impregnable.

And Yisra᾽el smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Yabboq, as far as the children of ῾Ammon: for the border of the children of ῾Ammon was strong.

And Israel smote him with the sword and inherited his land from Arnon until Yabbok until the children of Ammon; for the boundary of the children of Ammon was strong, [fortified in the L-rd's monition to Israel (Deuteronomy 2:19): "Do not besiege them (Ammon)"].

Yisroel took all these cities; Yisroel settled in all the cities of the Emorite, in Cheshbon and all its daughters.

And Yisra᾽el took all these cities: and Yisra᾽el dwelt in all the cities of the Emori, in Ḥeshbon, and in all its hamlets.

And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Emori in Cheshbon and in all of its neighboring villages.

For Cheshbon was then a city of Sichon, King of the Emorites, and he had waged war against the first king of Moav, and took all his land from his hand, as far as Arnon.

For Ḥeshbon was the city of Siĥon the king of the Emori, who had fought against the former king of Mo᾽av, and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as Arnon.

For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Emori, and he had fought against the first king of Moav and had taken all of his land from his possession until Arnon, [so that Israel was not in violation of (Deuteronomy 2:9): "Do not besiege Moav" in taking Cheshbon from Sichon.]

Concerning this, the parable tellers say: “Come to Cheshbon, may it be built and established as the city of Sichon.

Wherefore they who speak in similes say, Come to Ḥeshbon, let the city of Siĥon be built and established:

About this [war that Sichon waged with Moav] those who speak in parables [Bilam (see 23:7) and Beor] said [when Sichon hired Bilam to curse Moav]: Come to Cheshbon; it shall be built and established as the city of Sichon.

For a fire went forth from Cheshbon, a flame from Sichon’s capital; it consumed Ar, of Moav, the masters of Arnon’s heights.

for there is a fire gone out of Ḥeshbon, a flame from the city of Siĥon: it has consumed ῾Ar of Mo᾽av, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

For a fire has gone forth from Cheshbon [after its capture by Sichon], a flame from the city of Sichon. It has consumed Ar [a province of] Moav, the possessors of the heights of Arnon.

Woe to you, O Moav, you are destroyed, people of Kemosh, he rendered your sons as refugees, and your daughters captives, of Sichon, King of Emori.

Woe to thee, Mo᾽av! thou art undone, O people of Kemosh: he has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters, as captives to Siĥon king of the Emori.

Woe unto you, Moav! [(Bilam and Beor here cursing Moav to fall by the hand of Sichon)] You are lost, people of Kemosh [(the divinity of Moav)]. He has yielded his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to the king of the Emori, Sichon.

Their kingdom was uprooted from Cheshbon as far as Divon; we made them desolate as far as Nofach near Meidva.”

We have shot at them; Ḥeshbon is perished even to Divon, and we have laid them waste to Nofaĥ, which reaches to Medeva.

And their [Moav's] sovereignty over Cheshbon is lost; lost is [their sovereignty over] Divon, and [those who speak in parables will say]: We have laid it waste until Nofach, which reaches until Medva.

Yisroel settled in the land of the Emorite.

Thus Yisra᾽el dwelt in the land of the Emori.

And Israel dwelt in the land of the Emori.

Moshe sent [men] to spy on Ya’zer, and they captured its surrounding villages, and drove out the Emorites that were there.

And Moshe sent to spy out Ya῾zer, and they took its hamlets, and drove out the Emori who were there.

And Moses sent to spy out Yazer and they [the spies] took its neighboring villages [(these spies, unlike the first, relying on Moses' prayers to give them victory)], and they drove out the Emori who were there.

They then turned and headed toward the Bashan; and Og, King of the Bashan, came out against them he with all his people, to wage war at Edre’i.

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 Edre῾i.

And they turned and went up by way of the Bashan, and Og, king of the Bashan, went out against them, he and all of his people, to do battle at Edrei.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Do not be afraid of him, for into your hand I have delivered him and all his people and territory; do to him as you have done to Sichon, King of the Emorite, who lives in Cheshbon.”

And the Lord said to Moshe, 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 to Siĥon king of the Emori, who dwelt at Ḥeshbon.

And the L-rd said to Moses: Do not fear him [Do not fear that the merit of Abraham (see Genesis 14:13) will protect him)], for I have given him into your hand, and all of his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sichon king of the Emori who dwells at Cheshbon.

And they killed him (Og), his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors; and they took possession of his land.

So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

And they smote him [(Moses himself smiting Og)] and his sons and all his people, until no remnant was left of him, and they inherited his land.