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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 21, Verse 15

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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,
King James Version
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
American Standard Version
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
New English Translation
and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”
World English Bible
the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."
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And from thence [they went] to Beer: that [is] the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
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Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
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The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah:
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And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that [is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
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And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
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Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink [of] the waters of the well: [but] we will go along by the king's [high] way, until we be past thy borders.
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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.
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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 [was] strong.
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And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.