18. the leaders dug the well;the nobles of the people dug,by the lawgiver, with their staffs.”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 looks toward Jeshimon.
21. Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22. “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn into the fields nor 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 are past your borders.”
23. Sihon would not allow 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. Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, all the way to the children of Ammon, because the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25. Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26. Because 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, to Arnon.
27. Therefore they that speak in proverbs say: “Come into Heshbon; let it be built,and let the city of Sihon be established,
28. because a fire went out of Heshbon,a flame from the city of Sihon;it has devoured Ar of Moaband the masters of the high places of Arnon.
29. Woe to you, Moab!You have perished, O people of Chemosh!He has made his sons fugitives,and his daughters captives,to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30. “We have overthrown them;Heshbon is perished to Dibon,and we have desolated them to Nophah,which reaches to Medeba.”
31. Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32. Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
33. 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.