Números 21:24

Listen to Números 21:24
24 Pero Israel lo hiri贸 a filo de espada y tom贸 posesi贸n de su tierra desde el Arn贸n hasta el Jaboc, hasta la frontera con los hijos de Am贸n, porque Jazer era la frontera de los hijos de Am贸n.

Números 21:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:24

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword
Slew him and his army, entirely routed them, and got a complete victory over them; God giving them up into their hands, who otherwise were a very strong, powerful, and warlike people; see ( Amos 2:9 )

and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok;
two rivers, the one to the south, the other to the north of his country; the one was the boundary of his country between him and the Moabites, the other the boundary of his country between him and the Ammonites, as it follows:

even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of
Ammon was strong;
which is given as a reason why the Israelites proceeded no further in their conquest; there was another reason for that, which was the order of the Lord not to distress the Ammonites, nor meddle with them; though Jarchi makes this prohibition to be their strength, ( Deuteronomy 2:19 ) , but this is given as a reason why Sihon could not extend his conquests further, because it was so well fortified, either by nature or art, or both, by the river Jabbok, by mountains and frontier towns, and particularly by Rabbah, as the Targum of Jonathan suggests, which was their royal city in later times, and a very strong place; see ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ) .

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Números 21:24 In-Context

22 D茅jame pasar por tu tierra. No nos desviaremos, ni por campos ni por vi帽edos, ni beberemos agua de pozo. Iremos por el camino real hasta que hayamos cruzado tus fronteras.
23 Pero Seh贸n no permiti贸 a Israel pasar por su territorio. Y reuni贸 Seh贸n a todo su pueblo y sali贸 al encuentro de Israel en el desierto, y lleg贸 a Jahaza y pele贸 contra Israel.
24 Pero Israel lo hiri贸 a filo de espada y tom贸 posesi贸n de su tierra desde el Arn贸n hasta el Jaboc, hasta la frontera con los hijos de Am贸n, porque Jazer era la frontera de los hijos de Am贸n.
25 Israel tom贸 todas estas ciudades, y habit贸 Israel en todas las ciudades de los amorreos, en Hesb贸n y en todas sus aldeas.
26 Porque Hesb贸n era la ciudad de Seh贸n, rey de los amorreos, quien hab铆a peleado contra el rey anterior de Moab y le hab铆a quitado de su mano toda su tierra, hasta el Arn贸n.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] As en la versin gr.(Sept.); en el T.M., fuerte
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Am茅ricas庐 (LBLA庐), Copyright 漏 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.LBLA.com