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13 From there they set out and encamped beyond Arnon, which is in the desert that goes out from the boundary of the Amorites,[a] because Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.[b] 14 Therefore thus it is said in the scroll of the Wars of Yahweh,

“Waheb in Suphah,
    and the wadis of Arnon,
15 and the slope of the wadis
    that spreads out to the dwelling of Ar
and lies at the boundary of Moab.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:13 Hebrew “Amorite”
  2. Numbers 21:13 Hebrew “Amorite”

13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon(A), which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.(B) 14 That is why the Book of the Wars(C) of the Lord says:

“. . . Zahab[a] in Suphah and the ravines,
    the Arnon 15 and[b] the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar(D)
    and lie along the border of Moab.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:14 Septuagint; Hebrew Waheb
  2. Numbers 21:15 Or “I have been given from Suphah and the ravines / of the Arnon 15 to