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<p class="tab-1">The armies of Israel now begin to emerge out of the wilderness, and to come into a land inhabited, to enter upon action, and take possession of the frontiers of the land of promise. A glorious campaign this chapter gives us the history of, especially in the latter part of it. Here is, I. The defeat of Arad the Canaanite, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.21.1-Num.21.3" href="/passage/?search=Num.21.1-Num.21.3">Num. 21:1-3</a>. II. The chastisement of the people with fiery serpents for their murmurings, and the relief granted them upon their submission by a brazen serpent, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.21.4-Num.21.9" href="/passage/?search=Num.21.4-Num.21.9">Num. 21:4-9</a>. III. Several marches forward, and some occurrences by the way, <a class="bibleref" title="Num.21.10-Num.21.20" href="/passage/?search=Num.21.10-Num.21.20">Num. 21:10-20</a>. IV. The celebrated conquest of Sihon king of the Amorites (<a class="bibleref" title="Num.21.21-Num.21.32" href="/passage/?search=Num.21.21-Num.21.32">Num. 21:21-32</a>), and of Og king of Bashan (<a class="bibleref" title="Num.21.33-Num.21.35" href="/passage/?search=Num.21.33-Num.21.35">Num. 21:33-35</a>), and possession taken of their land.</p>
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