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28 For fire went forth from Heshbon,
    flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab,
    the lords of the heights of the Arnon.
29 Woe to you, O Moab!
    You are undone, O people of Chemosh!
He has made his sons fugitives,
    and his daughters captives,
    to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 So their posterity perished from Heshbon,[a] as far as Dibon,
    and we laid waste until fire spread to Med′eba.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:30 Gk: Heb we have shot at them. Heshbon has perished
  2. Numbers 21:30 Compare Sam and Gk: Heb we have laid waste to Nophah which to Medeba

28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.(A)
It consumed(B) Ar(C) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.(D)
29 Woe to you, Moab!(E)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!(F)
He has given up his sons as fugitives(G)
    and his daughters as captives(H)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(I)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.(J)

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