Numbers 21:25

25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.

Numbers 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:25

And Israel took all these cities
Which lay between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; their particular names may be seen in ( Numbers 32:3 Numbers 32:34-38 ) ,

and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites;
being given to the Reubenites and Gadites, who inhabited them, as their possession and inheritance, ( Numbers 32:2 Numbers 32:33 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:16 ) :

in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof;
or "daughters thereof" {q}. Heshbon was the metropolis or mother city, and all the towns and villages adjacent were as daughters to it; of which city more is said in the following verses, (See Gill on Isaiah 15:4).

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (hytnb) "filiabus ejus", Montanus, Munster, Fagius, Grotius.

Numbers 21:25 In-Context

23 But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border; and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.

27 Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.