¶ The .xxi. Chapter.¶ Israel vanquessheth kynge Arad. The fyrye serpentes
stinge them. The kynges, Sehon and Og are
ouercome in batell.
AAnd when kynge note Arad the Cananite
whyche dwelt towarde the south,
harde tell þt; Israel came vp the waye
that the spyes had founde oute, he foughte
agaynst Israel, and toke some of them presoners.
And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the
Lorde, and sayde: If thou wylt delyuer this
people into my h&abar;de, I wyll vtterly destroye
theyr cyties. And the Lorde herde the voyce
of Israel, and deliuered them the Cananites.
And they destroyed them and theyr cyties, ∧
called the name of the note place note Horma.
BnoteAnd they departed from mount Hor by
the waye of the redd see: to compasse the land
of Edom. And the soule of the people faynted
by the waye. And þe; people spake agaynst
God ∧ agaynst Moses note wherfore hast thou
brought vs oute of Egypte, for to dye in the
wildernesse? for here is nether bread nor water,
∧ oure soule lotheth thys lyghte breade.
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noteWherfore the Lorde sent fyerye serpentes
amonge the people, whych stonge them:
and moche people of Israel dyed. Therfore
the people came to Moses and sayde: we haue
synned, C for we haue spoken agaynst the
Lorde ∧ agaynst the, note make intercessyon to
the Lorde, that he take awaye the serpentes
from vs. And Moses made intercessyon for
the people. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses:
&rhand; &club; make the a fyrie serpent ∧ set it vp
for a sygne, þt; as many as are bytt&ebar;, maye loke
vpon it, ∧ lyue. noteAnd Moses made a serpent
of brasse, and set it vp for a sygne. And
when the serpentes had bytten any man, he
behelde the serpent of brasse, and was healed.
noteAnd the chyldren of Israel departed
thence, and pytched in Oboth. And they departed
fr&obar; Oboth, and pitched at the heapes
of Abarim: euen in the wyldernesse whyche
is by the playne of Moab on the east syde.
And they remoued thence, and pytched vpon
the ryuer of Zarad. And they departed thence,
and pytched on the other syde of Arnon,
which is in the wyldernesse, and c&obar;meth oute
of the costes of the Amorites: for Arnon is
the border of Moab, betwene Moab and the
Amorites. Wherfore it is spoken in &rhand; the
boke of the warre of the Lord, D what thynge
he dyd in the redd see, ∧ in the ryuers of Arnon.
And the heade of the ryuers, that goeth
downe to the dwellyng of Ar, and stretcheth
vnto the border of Moab: from th&ebar;ce it turneth
vnto Beer. The same is Beer, or well
wherof the Lorde spake vnto Moses: gether
the people together, and I wyll geue
them water. Then Israel sange thys songe:
Aryse vp well, singe ye vnto him. The princes
dygged thys well, the captaynes of the
people dygged it, with the teacher, and with
theyr staues.
E And from the wyldernesse they went to
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Balac
Matana, and from Matana to Nahaliel, ∧
from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth
to þe; valay that is in the felde of Moab
vnto the top of the hyll that appeareth before
Iesimon. And Israel sent messengers vnto
Sehon, kynge of the Amorites, sayinge:
note I wyll go thorowe thy lande: we wyll not
tourne into thy feldes or vyneyardes, nether
drynke of the waters of þe; well: but we wyll
go a longe by the kynges hye waye, vntyll
we be past thy countre. noteBut Seh&obar; wolde
geue Israel no licence to passe thorowe hys
countre, but gethered all hys people together
and went oute agaynst Israel into the wyldernesse.
And he came to Iaheza and foughte
agaynst Israel.
noteAnd Israel smote him in the edge of the
swerde, and conquered hys lande, fr&obar; Arnon
vnto Iakob: and vnto the chyldren of Ammon.
F For the border of the chyldren of Ammon
was, note str&obar;ge. And Israel toke all these
cities and dwelt in all the cyties of the Amorites:
in Hesbon and in all the townes that
longe therto. For Hesbon was the cytie of
Sehon the kynge of the Amorites, whyche
fought before agaynst the kynge of þe; Moabites,
and toke all his lande out of hys h&abar;de,
euen vnto Arnon. Wherfore they saye in the
prouerbe: come to Hesbon, and let the cytye
of Seh&obar; be bylt ∧ repayred: for there is a fyre
gone out of Hesbon, and a flamme fr&obar; the
cytie of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar in
Moab, and the inheritours of the hye places
in Arnon. Wo be to the Moab: o people of
&rhand; Chamos, ye are vndone, he hath put his
sonnes to flyghte, and hys daughters to captiuyte
vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorites.
Theyr empire is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon,
and we made a wyldernesse euen vnto
Nopha, whych reacheth vnto Mediba. G And
thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.
And Moses sent to serche oute Iaezer,
and they toke townes belongynge therto,
and rooted oute the Amorites that were
there in.
noteAnd they tourned and went vp towarde
Basan. And Og the kynge of Basan
came out agaynst them, he and all his people
to fyght at Adrei. And the Lorde sayde vnto
Moses, feare him not, for I haue delyuered
him in thy hande, and all his people, and hys
l&abar;de. And thou shalt do to him as thou dydest
vnto Seh&obar; the kyng of the Amorites which
dwelt at Hesbon. They smote hym therfore,
and his sonnes, and all his people, vntill ther
was nothinge lefte him. And they conquered
hys lande.
