Num 21:28-29 | NETfull | STEP | For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Numbers 21:28-29

28 For fire went out from Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has consumed Ar of Moab
and the lords ^{▼▼ Some scholars emend to בָּלְעָה (bal’ah), reading “and devoured,” instead of בַּעֲלֵי (ba’aley, “its lords”); cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV. This emendation is closer to the Greek and makes a better parallelism, but the MT makes good sense as it stands.} of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to you, Moab.
You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! ^{▼▼ The note of holy war emerges here as the victory is a victory over the local gods as well as over the people.}
He has made his sons fugitives,
and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.