Numberi 21:16

16 En van daar reisden zij naar Beer. Dit is de put, van welken de HEERE tot Mozes zeide: Verzamel het volk, zo zal Ik hun water geven.

Numberi 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:16

And from thence they went to Beer
A place so called from a well which sprung up here, of which the following account is given:

that is, the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses;
promising him to give it to the children of Israel, without asking for it; which was a very singular favour, and for which they were thankful: saying to him,

gather the people together, and I will give them water;
for as they were now gone from the river Arnon, and the streams and brooks of it, they might be in want of water, though they did not murmur as they had been used to do; and without their petition for it, the Lord promises to give it to them; and that they might be witness of the miracle that would be wrought for them, they are ordered to be gathered together.

Numberi 21:16 In-Context

14 (Daarom wordt gezegd in het boek van de oorlogen des HEEREN: Tegen Waheb, in een wervelwind, en tegen de beken Arnon,

15 En den afloop der beken, die zich naar de gelegenheid van Ar wendt, en leent aan de landpale van Moab.)

16 En van daar reisden zij naar Beer. Dit is de put, van welken de HEERE tot Mozes zeide: Verzamel het volk, zo zal Ik hun water geven.

17 (Toen zong Israel dit lied: Spring op, gij put, zingt daarvan bij beurte!

18 Gij put, dien de vorsten gegraven hebben, dien de edelen des volks gedolven hebben, door den wetgever, met hun staven.) En van de woestijn reisden zij naar Mattana;