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Numbers 21:21-25

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King Sihon Defeated

21 Then 1Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 2"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."
23 3But 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 4came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
24 5And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the 6Jabbok, 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.
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Numbers 21:21-25 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 6

  • 1. Deuteronomy 2:26, 27; Judges 11:19
  • 2. [Numbers 20:17]
  • 3. Deuteronomy 29:7
  • 4. Deuteronomy 2:32; Judges 11:20
  • 5. Deuteronomy 2:33; Joshua 12:1, 2; Joshua 24:8; Nehemiah 9:22; Psalms 135:11; Psalms 136:19, 20; Amos 2:9
  • 6. See Genesis 32:22
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