and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there isno bread, neither is there anywater; and our soul
loatheth this light bread.
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people
of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses
prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall
come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses 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.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which isbefore
Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which isin the
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon isthe border of Moab,
between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in
the brooks of Arnon,
15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the
border of Moab.
16 And from thence they wentto Beer: that isthe well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses,
Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction ofthe
lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they wentto Mattanah:
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth inthe valley, that isin the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which
looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will
not drink ofthe waters of the well: butwe will go along by the king's highway, until we be past
thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer 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 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto
Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon wasstrong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in
Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon wasthe 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, even unto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built
and prepared:
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar
of Moab, andthe lords of the high places of Arnon.

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that
escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste
even unto Nophah, which reachethunto Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the
Amorites that werethere.
33 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 Edrei.
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, 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 unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and
they possessed his land.
1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan
byJericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they weremany: and Moab was distressed
because of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that areround
about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor wasking of the
Moabites at that time.
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which isby the river of
the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they aretoo mighty for me:
peradventure I shall prevail, thatwe may smite them, and thatI may drive them out of the land:
for I wot that he whom thou blessest isblessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in
their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD
shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men arethese with thee?
10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
11 Behold, there isa people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now,
curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for
they areblessed.
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your
land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to
come with us.
15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I
pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto
me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house
full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will
say unto me more.
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up,
andgo with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for
an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants werewith him.
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand:
and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to
turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall beingon this side, and a
wall on that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed
Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where wasno way to
turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger
was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto
thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in
mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Amnot I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I
wasthine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the
way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three
times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thyway is perverse before me:
33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me,
surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest
in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall
speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab,
which isin the border of Arnon, which isin the utmost coast.
37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore
camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any
thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that werewith
him.
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high
places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost partof the people.
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and
seven rams.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on everyaltar a bullock
and a ram.