Numbers 21:15

15 Arnon and the slopes of the valleys that go down to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab...."

Numbers 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:15

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar
All that part of the country which lay upon the stream, as far as the city of Ar, the metropolis of Moab, called Ar of Moab, ( Isaiah 15:1 ) ,

and lieth upon the border of Moab;
as that city did; so far goes the quotation out of the aforesaid book, as a proof of what was taken by the Amorites from the Moabites, and were not in their possession when Israel were upon their borders; and therefore, in taking them from the Amorites, did no wrong to Moab.

Numbers 21:15 In-Context

13 They moved from there and set up camp on the other side of the Arnon Valley in the desert that extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon Valley is the border between Moab and the Amorites.)

14 This is how it's described in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: "...Waheb in Suphah and the valleys,

15 Arnon and the slopes of the valleys that go down to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab...."

16 From there they went to Beer [Well]. This is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people, and I will give them water."

17 Then Israel sang this song about the well: "Make your water spring up! Sing to the well,