The Canaanite king of Arad attacked the Israelites and captured some of them, but Israel vowed to God that if he gave them the victory they would destroy their cities. This is what happened so Israel destroyed the people and their cities.
The Israelites travelled on avoiding Edom and were soon complaining again about the miserable food! So God sent venomous snakes amongst them and many people died. The people recognized their error and asked that the snakes be taken away, so God told Moses to put a bronze snake up on to a pole and then anyone looking to the snake would be healed. This story is probably the best known text of the book of Numbers owing to Jesus' use of it to point to his crucifixion in John 3:14.
The text then relates the journey of the Israelites through many places such as Oboth, the Zered Valley, Beer, and the Valley of Moab. Then Israel asked for the right of passage from the Amorites, it was refused, and the Amorite army attacked them. However Israel overcame them and captured and occupied all their cities and settled in the land of the Amorites.
Then they went on towards Bashan and the King of Bashan sent out his entire army against Israel. Israel annihilated them completely and took over their land too.
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