Numbers 21:13-15

13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD says: “. . . Zahab^[a] in Suphah and the ravines, the Arnon

15 and^[b] the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

Numbers 21:13-15 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.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 22:36; Deuteronomy 2:24; Joshua 12:1; Judges 11:13,18; 2 Kings 10:33; Isaiah 16:2; Jeremiah 48:20
• 2. S Genesis 10:16
• 3. 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28
• 4. ver 28; Deuteronomy 2:9,18; Isaiah 15:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "Waheb"
• [b]. Or "“I have been given from Suphah and the ravines" / "of the Arnon " 15"to"