{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:29:23.294Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Numbers","bookSlug":"numbers","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And <i>when</i> king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took <i>some</i> of them prisoners."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for <i>there is</i> no bread, neither <i>is there any</i> water; and our soul loatheth this light bread."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which <i>is</i> before Moab, toward the sunrising."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which <i>is</i> in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon <i>is</i> the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And from thence <i>they went</i> to Beer: that <i>is</i> the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by <i>the direction of</i> the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness <i>they went</i> to Mattanah:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And from Bamoth <i>in</i> the valley, that <i>is</i> in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink <i>of</i> the waters of the well: <i>but</i> we will go along by the king's <i>high</i> way, until we be past thy borders."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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 <i>was</i> strong."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For Heshbon <i>was</i> 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, even unto Arnon."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, <i>and</i> the lords of the high places of Arnon."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which <i>reacheth</i> unto Medeba."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that <i>were</i> there."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 21 (KJV)","markdown":"[Numbers 21](https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/21 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}