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Numbers 21:23-33

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23 1But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and 2came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
24 3And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the 4Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
27 Therefore the 5ballad singers say, “Come to 6Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
28 For 7fire came out from 8Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured 9Ar of Moab, and swallowed[a] the heights of the Arnon.
29 10Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of 11Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as 12Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as 13Medeba. ” [b]

King Og Defeated

31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out 14Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
33 Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle 15at Edrei.
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Numbers 21:23-33 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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Cross References 15

  • 1. 21:23 Deut. 29:7
  • 2. 21:23 Deut. 2:32; Judg. 11:20
  • 3. 21:24 Deut. 2:33; Josh. 12:1, 2; 24:8; Neh. 9:22; Ps. 135:11; 136:19, 20; Amos 2:9
  • 4. 21:24 See Gen. 32:22
  • 5. 21:27 See ch. 23:7
  • 6. 21:27 See ch. 32:37
  • 7. 21:28 Jer. 48:45, 46
  • 8. 21:28 [See ver. 27 above]
  • 9. 21:28 [See ver. 15 above]
  • 10. 21:29 [See ver. 28 above]
  • 11. 21:29 Judg. 11:24; 1 Kgs. 11:7; 2 Kgs. 23:13; Jer. 48:7
  • 12. 21:30 ch. 32:3; Josh. 13:17; Isa. 15:2; Jer. 48:18; [ch. 33:45, 46]
  • 13. 21:30 1 Chr. 19:7; Isa. 15:2
  • 14. 21:32 ch. 32:1; Josh. 13:25; 2 Sam. 24:5; Jer. 48:32
  • 15. 21:33 Deut. 1:4; 3:1; Josh. 13:12

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 21:28 Septuagint; Hebrew 'the lords of'
  • [b] 21:30 Compare Samaritan and Septuagint; Hebrew 'and we laid waste as far as Nophah, which is as far as Medeba'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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