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For that reason it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, And the ^(F1)wadis of the Arnon,

And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of ^(C1)Ar, And leans to the border of Moab."

^(C1)From there they continued to ^(F1)Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water."

^(C1)Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! Sing to it!

-"The well, which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people hollowed out, With the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the ^(F1)desert.

^(C1)Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

"^(C1)Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king's road until we have passed through your border."

^(C1)But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to ^(C2)Jahaz and fought against Israel.