Numbers 21
- 1And when king Arad the Canaanite, who lived in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies. Then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
- 2And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will completely destroy their cities.
- 3And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites, and they completely destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
- 4And they traveled from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
- 5And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Therefore have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and our soul loathes this light bread.
- 6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people. Much people of Israel died.
- 7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
- 8And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole: and everyone who is bitten, when he looks on it, shall live.
- 9And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he saw the serpent of bronze, he lived.
- 10And the children of Israel set forward, and camped in Oboth.
- 11And they traveled from Oboth, and camped at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the east.
- 12From there they removed, and camped in the valley of Zared.
- 13From there they removed, and camped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the regions of the Amorites. For Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
- 14Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
- 15And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the home of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab.
- 16And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the Lord spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- 17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well, sing to it:
- 18The princes dug the well, the nobles of the people dug it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their poles. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
- 19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
- 20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward Jeshimon.
- 21And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- 22Let me pass through your land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards. We will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we are past your borders.
- 23And Sihon would not let Israel pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
- 24And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon. For the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
- 25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
- 26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.
- 27Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- 28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- 29Disaster is coming to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
- 30We have shot at them. Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
- 31So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
- 32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its villages, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
- 33And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and og the king of bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at edrei.
- 34And the Lord said to Moses, Do not fear him. For I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
- 35So they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Numbers 21 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
GIGAKJVAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, who lived in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies. Then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
KJVAnd Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will completely destroy their cities.
KJVAnd the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites, and they completely destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
KJVAnd they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
GIGAKJVAnd they traveled from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
KJVAnd the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
GIGAKJVAnd the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Therefore have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and our soul loathes this light bread.
KJVAnd the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people. Much people of Israel died.
KJVTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
GIGAKJVTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole: and everyone who is bitten, when he looks on it, shall live.
KJVAnd Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he saw the serpent of bronze, he lived.
KJVAnd the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
GIGAKJVAnd the children of Israel set forward, and camped in Oboth.
KJVAnd they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
GIGAKJVAnd they traveled from Oboth, and camped at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the east.
KJVFrom thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
GIGAKJVFrom there they removed, and camped in the valley of Zared.
KJVFrom thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
GIGAKJVFrom there they removed, and camped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the regions of the Amorites. For Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
KJVWherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
GIGAKJVTherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
KJVAnd at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
GIGAKJVAnd at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the home of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab.
KJVAnd from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
GIGAKJVAnd from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the Lord spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
KJVThen Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
GIGAKJVThen Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well, sing to it:
KJVThe princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
GIGAKJVThe princes dug the well, the nobles of the people dug it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their poles. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
KJVAnd from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
GIGAKJVAnd from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward Jeshimon.
KJVAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
KJVLet me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
GIGAKJVLet me pass through your land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards. We will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we are past your borders.
KJVAnd Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd Sihon would not let Israel pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
KJVAnd Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon. For the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
KJVAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
KJVFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
GIGAKJVFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.
KJVWherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
GIGAKJVTherefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
KJVFor there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
GIGAKJVFor there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
KJVWoe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
GIGAKJVDisaster is coming to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
KJVWe have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
GIGAKJVWe have shot at them. Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.
KJVThus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
GIGAKJVSo Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
KJVAnd Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its villages, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to Moses, Do not fear him. For I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
KJVSo they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
GIGAKJVSo they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
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