{"id":1210,"date":"2026-08-18T18:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/numbers21\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:14:39","slug":"numbers21","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/numbers21\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table 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class=\"c12 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c10 c1\">The Defeat of Arad<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929013555&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Jmkc_WEmDhKwxJYux-nD3\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929013779&amp;usg=AOvVaw11gkYTDQHuR9EWZsii8UL-\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">So Israel made a vow to the LORD: &ldquo;If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929013943&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FScgxUldid2pkXMHTNjJU\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014030&amp;usg=AOvVaw1UQY8yG3_Mqvh54k16ie_k\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">And the LORD heard Israel&rsquo;s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014241&amp;usg=AOvVaw25N2Rnx4swn0AVk4h0ueC9\">b<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c1 c10\">The Bronze Serpent<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014372&amp;usg=AOvVaw16aiLMvFKdlD3ERlIH0vmI\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014486&amp;usg=AOvVaw174Kgcxaf6CT22wKXEkEvS\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014606&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yuQHMaAEgR1uTjacvFdtT\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">and spoke against God and against Moses: &ldquo;Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014817&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vBZqD2ouiU_GSKP-_v8zx\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929014984&amp;usg=AOvVaw2n1nS9-H-tHjCvVNUasoYa\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">Then the people came to Moses and said, &ldquo;We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.&rdquo; So Moses interceded for the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015225&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ujGJdHPK8SDucABRoZTVi\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then the LORD said to Moses, &ldquo;Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.&rdquo; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015384&amp;usg=AOvVaw1rPJIE4JttKPLkky_59N_Z\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c10 c1\">The Journey to Moab<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015615&amp;usg=AOvVaw2oJbIqJ0GqVdPCw43j9958\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015709&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Qj8J8Wc-ya2ymC7-fXohy\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015838&amp;usg=AOvVaw3R4j35MtGelujHPaK2eLWu\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929015940&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iqXT4DcfcKfj4OILPJEGJ\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c0\">Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929016177&amp;usg=AOvVaw1tdF1yYvyOnN3nrLS_Z1e1\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">&ldquo;Waheb in Suphah<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">and the wadis of the Arnon,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929016436&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HVXXCa02NYsPnFpwyIo_N\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">even the slopes of the wadis<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">that extend to the site of Ar<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">and lie along the border of Moab.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929016643&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ahJ7HB3DSvMSZu2jhBSIP\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">From there they went on to Beer,<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929016721&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ncWD5nNrn5q2xbgrMMTI-\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;the well where the LORD said to Moses, &ldquo;Gather the people so that I may give them water.&rdquo; <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929016865&amp;usg=AOvVaw2O6fMx44Q01RqCwEOEy9Lh\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">Then Israel sang this song:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">&ldquo;Spring up, O well,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">all of you sing to it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017071&amp;usg=AOvVaw29epDU6lI9SzkmoIY8GG-d\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">The princes dug the well;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">the nobles of the people hollowed it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">with their scepters<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">and with their staffs.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c0\">From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah, <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017376&amp;usg=AOvVaw2g0BMWL3tku5GP6Df2SCHB\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017488&amp;usg=AOvVaw3olo7bVEAJ1rMxxMgiPwo1\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017609&amp;usg=AOvVaw2jirpao6Fd8CFBBNLHgDgZ\">e<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c10\">The Defeat of Sihon<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c8\">(<\/span><span class=\"c7\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/2.htm%2324&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017742&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vaO7aYv1po84L49M_e448\">Deuteronomy 2:24&ndash;37<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c8 c11\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017816&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OuSr0ei3OS20jpKLZLu1n\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929017922&amp;usg=AOvVaw38XvuZ4xh7lNzFikmPYIsl\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">&ldquo;Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King&rsquo;s Highway until we have passed through your territory.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-23.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018152&amp;usg=AOvVaw00L4oT9jMuTi4WgocQq7CV\">23<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz,<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018339&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bzZmN660jqd72VHHeFkYQ\">f<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">&nbsp;he fought against Israel. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-24.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018418&amp;usg=AOvVaw1o3g8O0-D-G1NSsz2cw06I\">24<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok&mdash;but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018605&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JIkFg4YVPXSnuwXdy9jqD\">g<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-25.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018679&amp;usg=AOvVaw2y1ySQvt90uMv7PbQp-utm\">25<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-26.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929018815&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-7Qlc3OyvS1izGziD8i5z\">26<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-27.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929019005&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qzeayUlLy5AZuWNJKJwxZ\">27<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">That is why the poets say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c13\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">&ldquo;Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">let the city of Sihon be restored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-28.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929019244&amp;usg=AOvVaw02SUbGmNlhVW_5GYZhw7Af\">28<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">For a fire went out from Heshbon,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">a blaze from the city of Sihon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">It consumed Ar of Moab,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">the rulers of Arnon&rsquo;s heights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-29.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929019491&amp;usg=AOvVaw1RPLnSK-fjZmXTo5VnrQ0S\">29<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">Woe to you, O Moab!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">He gave up his sons as refugees,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">and his daughters into captivity<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">to Sihon king of the Amorites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-30.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929019782&amp;usg=AOvVaw03e60vgi0JR39HbhN525l2\">30<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">But we have overthrown them;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c6\"><span class=\"c0 c1\">We demolished them as far as Nophah,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c5\"><span class=\"c0\">which reaches to Medeba.<\/span><span class=\"c3\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020014&amp;usg=AOvVaw27VzV2UXLKzNzupG2AVH5m\">h<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c15\"><span class=\"c10\">The Defeat of Og<br \/><\/span><span class=\"c8\">(<\/span><span class=\"c7\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020138&amp;usg=AOvVaw2b7WLFX72PSL7zMr5hwtvo\">Deuteronomy 3:1&ndash;11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c8 c11\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-31.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020217&amp;usg=AOvVaw1QiN0fKSFNeGf1qX810LSu\">31<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0\">So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. <\/span><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-32.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020305&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FLgZ4wbskbTpwjuSrIUeq\">32<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-33.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020487&amp;usg=AOvVaw0gCLUOOD4HxEbKM9HEOB7Z\">33<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-34.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020663&amp;usg=AOvVaw1lRvRvqVGzbiOUksfdDvws\">34<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">But the LORD said to Moses, &ldquo;Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2\"><a class=\"c4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/numbers\/21-35.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754180929020901&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wldoLQsuYJw781zrFUgqK\">35<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c0 c1\">So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. 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