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Numbers 21:12-22

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12 From there they set out and camped in 1the Valley of Zered.
13 From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the 2Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,
15 and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of 3Ar, and leans to the border of Moab."
16 And from there they continued 4to Beer;[a] that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so that 5I may give them water."
17 Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well!--Sing to it!--
18 the well that the princes made, that the nobles of the people dug, with 6the scepter and with their staffs."And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah 7that looks down on the desert.[b]

King Sihon Defeated

21 Then 8Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 9"Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory."
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Numbers 21:12-22 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

Cross References 9

  • 1. Deuteronomy 2:13
  • 2. Numbers 22:36; Judges 11:18
  • 3. ver. 28; Deut. 2:9, 18, 29; Isaiah 15:1
  • 4. [2 Samuel 20:14]
  • 5. [Numbers 20:8; Exodus 17:6]
  • 6. See Genesis 49:10
  • 7. [Numbers 23:28]
  • 8. Deuteronomy 2:26, 27; Judges 11:19
  • 9. [Numbers 20:17]

Footnotes 2

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.