8. The Lord said to Moses, “Make a bronze snake. And put it on a pole. If anyone is bitten, he should look at it. Then he will live.”
9. So Moses made a bronze snake. And he put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit anyone, he looked at the bronze snake and lived.
10. The Israelites went and camped at Oboth.
11. They went from Oboth to Iye Abarim. This was in the desert east of Moab.
12. From there they went and camped in the Zered Valley.
13. From there they went and camped across the Arnon. This was in the desert just inside the Amorite country. The Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
14. That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:“. . . and Waheb in Suphah, and the ravines,the Arnon,
15. and the slopes of the ravinesthat lead to the settlement of Ar.These places are at the border of Moab.”
16. The Israelites went from there to Beer. A well is there where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people. I will give them water.”
17. Then the Israelites sang this song:“Pour out water, well!Sing about it.
18. Princes dug this well.Important men made this hole.With their scepters and poles, they dug it.”The people went from the desert to Mattanah.
19. From Mattanah they went to Nahaliel and on to Bamoth.
20. From Bamoth they went to the valley of Moab. There the top of Mount Pisgah looks over the desert.
21. The people of Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites. They said to him,
22. “Let us pass through your country. We will not go through any fields of grain or vineyards. We will not drink water from the wells. We will travel only along the king’s road. We will stay on it until we have passed through your country.”