17. Then Israel sang this song:Spring up, O well!—so sing to it—
18. The well that the princes sank,that the nobles of the people dug,With their scepters and their staffs—from the wilderness, a gift.
19. From Beer to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20. from Bamoth to the valley in the country of Moab at the headland of Pisgah that overlooks Jeshimon.
21. Now Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the message,
22. “Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, nor will we drink any well water, but we will go straight along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”