AND King Arad the Kena`aniy, who dwelt in the Negev, heard that Yashar'el had come by the way of the spies, and he arranged his forces to fight against Yashar'el.
And the children of Yashar'el were greatly afraid of him, for he had a great and heavy army, so the children of Yashar'el resolved to return to Mitsrayim.
And the children of Yashar'el turned back about the distance of three days' journey unto Moceroth, and Beney Ya`aqan, for they were greatly afraid on account of the king Arad.
And the children of Yashar'el would not get back to their places, so they remained in Beney Ya`aqan for thirty days.
And when the children of Leviy saw that the children of Yashar'el would not turn back, they were jealous for the sake of Yahuah, and they rose up and fought against Yashar'el their brethren, and slew of them a great body, and forced them to turn back to their place, Mount Hor.
And when they returned, King Arad was still arranging his host for battle against Yashar'el.
And Yashar'el vowed a vow, saying, If you will deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
And Yahuah hearkened to the voice of Yashar'el, and he delivered the Kena`aniym into their hand, and he utterly destroyed them and their cities, and he called the name of the place Chormah.
And the children of Yashar'el journeyed from Mount Hor and pitched in Ovoth, and they journeyed from Ovoth and they pitched at Iyey Ha-Avariym, in the border of Mo'av.
And the children of Yashar'el sent to Mo'av, saying, Let us pass now through your land into our place, but the children of Mo'av would not suffer the children of Yashar'el to pass through their land, for the children of Mo'av were greatly afraid lest the children of Yashar'el should do unto them as Ciychon king of the Emoriym had done to them, who had taken their land and had slain many of them.
Therefore Mo'av would not suffer Yashar'el to pass through his land, and Yahuah commanded the children of Yashar'el, saying, That they should not fight against Mo'av, so Yashar'el removed from Mo'av.
And the children of Yashar'el journeyed from the border of Mo'av, and they came to the other side of Arnon, the border of Mo'av, between Mo'av and the Emoriym, and they pitched in the border of Ciychon, king of the Emoriym, in the wilderness of Qedemoth.
And the children of Yashar'el sent messengers to Ciychon, king of the Emoriym, saying,
Let us pass through your land, we will not turn into the fields or into the vineyards, we will go along by the king's highway until we shall have passed your border, but Ciychon would not suffer Yashar'el to pass.
So Ciychon collected all the people of the Emoriym and went forth into the wilderness to meet the children of Yashar'el, and he fought against Yashar'el in Yahats.
And Yahuah delivered Ciychon king of the Emoriym into the hand of the children of Yashar'el, and Yashar'el smote all the people of Ciychon with the edge of the sword and avenged the cause of Mo'av.
And the children of Yashar'el took possession of the land of Ciychon from Aram unto Yabboq, unto the children of Ammon, and they took all the spoil of the cities.
And Yashar'el took all these cities, and Yashar'el dwelt in all the cities of the Emoriym.
And all the children of Yashar'el resolved to fight against the children of Ammon, to take their land also.
So Yahuah said to the children of Yashar'el, Do not besiege the children of Ammon, neither stir up battle against them, for I will give nothing to you of their land, and the children of Yashar'el hearkened to the Word of Yahuah, and did not fight against the children of Ammon.
And the children of Yashar'el turned and went up by the way of Bashan to the land of Og, king of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out to meet Yashar'el in battle, and he had with him many valiant men, and a very strong force from the people of the Emoriym.
And Og king of Bashan was a very powerful man, but Na'aron his son was exceedingly powerful, even stronger than he was.
And Og said in his heart, Behold now the whole camp of Yashar'el takes up a space of three parsa, now will I smite them at once without sword or spear.
And Og went up Mount Yahats, and took therefrom one large stone, the length of which was three parsa, and he placed it on his head, and resolved to throw it upon the camp of the children of Yashar'el, to smite all Yashar'el with that stone.
And the angel of Yahuah came and pierced the stone upon the head of Og, and the stone fell upon the neck of Og that Og fell to the earth on account of the weight of the stone upon his neck.
At that time Yahuah said to the children of Yashar'el, Be not afraid of him, for I have given him and all his people and all his land into your hand, and you shall do to him as you did to Ciychon.
And Mosheh went down to him with a small number of the children of Yashar'el, and Mosheh smote Og with a stick at the ankles of his feet and slew him.
The children of Yashar'el afterward pursued the children of Og and all his people, and they beat and destroyed them till there was no remnant left of them.
Mosheh afterward sent some of the children of Yashar'el to spy out Ya`azeyr, for Ya`azeyr was a very famous city.
And the spies went to Ya`azeyr and explored it, and the spies trusted in Yahuah, and they fought against the men of Ya`azeyr.
And these men took Ya`azeyr and its villages, and Yahuah delivered them into their hand, and they drove out the Emoriym who had been there.
And the children of Yashar'el took the land of the two kings of the Emoriym, sixty cities which were on the other side of the Yardan, from the brook of Arnon unto Mount Chermon.
And the children of Yashar'el journeyed and came into the plain of Mo'av which is on this side of the Yardan, by Yeriycho.
And the children of Mo'av heard all the evil which the children of Yashar'el had done to the two kings of the Emoriym, to Ciychon and Og, so all the men of Mo'av were greatly afraid of Yashar'el.
And the elders of Mo'av said, Behold the two kings of the Emoriym, Ciychon and Og, who were more powerful than all the kings of the earth, could not stand against the children of Yashar'el, how then can we stand before them?
Surely they sent us a message before now to pass through our land on their way, and we would not suffer them, now they will turn upon us with their heavy swords and destroy us; and Mo'av was distressed on account of the children of Yashar'el, and they were greatly afraid of them, and they counseled together what was to be done to the children of Yashar'el.
And the elders of Mo'av resolved and took one of their men, Balaq the son of Tsippor the Mo'aviy, and made him king over them at that time, and Balaq was a very wise man.
And the elders of Mo'av rose up and sent to the children of Midyan to make peace with them, for a great battle and enmity had been in those days between Mo'av and Midyan, from the days of Hadad the son of Bedad king of Edom, who smote Midyan in the field of Mo'av, unto these days.
And the children of Mo'av sent to the children of Midyan, and they made peace with them, and the elders of Midyan came to the land of Mo'av to make peace in behalf of the children of Midyan.
And the elders of Mo'av counseled with the elders of Midyan what to do in order to save their lives from Yashar'el.
And all the children of Mo'av said to the elders of Midyan, Now therefore the children of Yashar'el lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field, for thus did they do to the two kings of the Emoriym who are stronger than we are.
And the elders of Midyan said to Mo'av, We have heard that at the time when Ciychon king of the Emoriym fought against you, when he prevailed over you and took your land, he had sent to Be'or the son of Iannes and to Bil'am his son from Aram Naharayim, and they came and cursed you; therefore did the hand of Ciychon prevail over you, that he took your land.
Now therefore send you also to Bil'am his son, for he still remains in his land, and give him his hire, that he may come and curse all the people of whom you are afraid; so the elders of Mo'av heard this thing, and it pleased them to send to Bil'am the son of Be'or.
So Balaq the son of Tsippor king of Mo'av sent messengers to Bil'am, saying,
Behold there is a people come out from Mitsrayim, behold they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.
Now therefore come and curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me, perchance I shall prevail to fight against them, and drive them out, for I heard that he whom you bless is blessed, and whom you curse is cursed.
So the messengers of Balaq went to Bil'am and brought Bil'am to curse the people to fight against Mo'av.
And Bil'am came to Balaq to curse Yashar'el, and Yahuah said to Bil'am, Curse not this people for it is blessed.
And Balaq urged Bil'am day by day to curse Yashar'el, but Bil'am hearkened not to Balaq on account of the Word of Yahuah which he had spoken to Bil'am.
And when Balaq saw that Bil'am would not accede to his wish, he rose up and went home, and Bil'am also returned to his land and he went from there to Midyan.
And the children of Yashar'el journeyed from the plain of Mo'av, and pitched by the Yardan from Beyt Ha-Yeshiymoth even unto Avel Shittiym, at the end of the plains of Mo'av.
And when the children of Yashar'el abode in the plain of Shittiym, they began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Mo'av.
And the children of Yashar'el approached Mo'av, and the children of Mo'av pitched their tents opposite to the camp of the children of Yashar'el.
And the children of Mo'av were afraid of the children of Yashar'el, and the children of Mo'av took all their daughters and their women of beautiful aspect and comely appearance, and dressed them in gold and silver and costly garments.
And the children of Mo'av seated those women at the door of their tents, in order that the children of Yashar'el might see them and turn to them, and not fight against Mo'av.
And all the children of Mo'av did this thing to the children of Yashar'el, and every man placed his woman and daughter at the door of his tent, and all the children of Yashar'el saw the act of the children of Mo'av, and the children of Yashar'el turned to the daughters of Mo'av and coveted them, and they went to them.
And it came to pass that when an Ivriy came to the door of the tent of Mo'av, and saw a daughter of Mo'av and desired her in his heart, and spoke with her at the door of the tent that which he desired, while they were speaking together the men of the tent would come out and speak to the Ivriy like unto these words:
Surely you know that we are brethren, we are all the descendants of Lot and the descendants of Avraham his brother, wherefore then will you not remain with us, and wherefore will you not eat our bread and our sacrifice?
And when the children of Mo'av had thus overwhelmed him with their speeches, and enticed him by their flattering words, they seated him in the tent and cooked and sacrificed for him, and he ate of their sacrifice and of their bread.
They then gave him wine and he drank and became intoxicated, and they placed before him a beautiful damsel, and he did with her as he liked, for he knew not what he was doing, as he had drunk plentifully of wine.
Thus did the children of Mo'av to Yashar'el in that place, in the plain of Shittiym, and the anger of Yahuah was kindled against Yashar'el on account of this matter, and he sent a pestilence amongst them, and there died of Yashar'el twenty four thousand men.
Now there was a man of the children of Shim`on whose name was Zimriy, the son of Callu, who connected himself with the Midyaniy Kozbiy, the daughter of Tsur, king of Midyan, in the sight of all the children of Yashar'el.
And Piynechac the son of El`azar, the son of Aharon the priest, saw this wicked thing which Zimriy had done, and he took a spear and rose up and went after them, and pierced them both and slew them, and the pestilence ceased from the children of Yashar'el.