12. From there they went and camped at Zered Valley.
13. They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites.
14. Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Lord’s Wars:Waheb in Suphahand the ravines of the Arnon,
15. even the slopes of the ravinesthat extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.
16. From there they went to Beer, the well the Lord told Moses about, “Gather the people so I may give them water.”
17. Then Israel sang this song:Spring up, well — sing to it!
18. The princes dug the well;the nobles of the people hollowed it outwith a scepter and with their staffs.They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,
19. from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20. from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab near the Pisgah highlands that overlook the wasteland.
21. Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:
22. “Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.”
23. But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
24. Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.