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Numbers 21:10-20

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March around Moab

10 Then the Israelites marched and they camped at Oboth.
11 They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the border of Moab toward the east.
12 From there they marched and camped in the Zered ravine.
13 From there they marched and camped across the Arnon in the desert that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon was the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 For this reason the scroll of the LORD's wars says: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines. The Arnon
15 and the ravines that extend to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.
16 From there they marched to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people, and I'll give them water."
17 Then the Israelites sang this song: "Well, flow up! Sing about it!
18 The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler's scepter and their staffs." They marched from the desert to Mattanah;
19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
20 from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon.
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Numbers 21:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 21

This chapter gives an account of the defeat of King Arad, the Canaanite, Nu 21:1-3 of the murmurings of the children of Israel, because of difficulties in travelling round, the land of Edom, for which they were punished with fiery serpents, Nu 21:4-6 and how that upon their repentance a brazen serpent was ordered to be made, and to be erected on a pole, that whoever looked to it might live, Nu 21:7-9 and of the several journeys and stations of the children of Israel, until they came to the land of the Amorites, Nu 21:10-20, when they sent a message to Sihon their king, to desire him to grant them a passage through his country; but he refusing, they fought with him, smote him, and possessed his land, concerning which many proverbial sayings were used, Nu 21:21-32 and the chapter is concluded with the defeat of Og, king of Bashan, Nu 21:33-35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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