Mínshùjì 21:27

27 Suǒyǐ nàxiē zuò shīgē de shuō , nǐmen lái dào Xīshíbĕn . yuàn Xīhóng de chéng beì xiūzào , beì jiànlì .

Mínshùjì 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say
The historical writers of those times, among the Amorites, who were usually poets, and wrote the history of the wars between the Moabites and Amorites in verse; as Homer among the Greeks wrote the wars of Troy; and the compositions of those ancient bards were short and compendious, and wrapped up in proverbial sayings, and enigmatical and figurative expressions, that they might be the better retained in memory, and therefore were called proverbialists. Jarchi says, they were Balaam and Beor that took up their parables, and said,

come into Heshbon;
which words are the beginning of the song, and in which the Amorites are represented as inviting Sihon, and his nobles, to enter Heshbon, which he had taken, and make it his royal seat; or as encouraging one another to go into it and repair it, having suffered much at the taking of it, which seems to be confirmed by what follows:

let the city of Sihon be built and prepared;
that is, let us set about rebuilding of the city, and let us fit it up for Sihon our king, and let it be called his city, and made the place of his residence, his palace, and where his court may be kept.

Mínshùjì 21:27 In-Context

25 Yǐsèliè rén duó qǔ zhè yīqiè de chéngyì , yĕ zhù Yàmólìrén de chéngyì , jiù shì Xīshíbĕn yǔ Xīshíbĕn de yīqiè xiāngcūn .

26 Zhè Xīshíbĕn shì yà Mólì wáng Xīhóng de jīngchéng . Xīhóng céng yǔ Móyē de xiān wáng zhēng zhàn , cóng tā shǒu zhōng duó qǔ le quán dì , zhídào Yànèn hé .

27 Suǒyǐ nàxiē zuò shīgē de shuō , nǐmen lái dào Xīshíbĕn . yuàn Xīhóng de chéng beì xiūzào , beì jiànlì .

28 Yīnwei yǒu huǒ cóng Xīshíbĕn fāchū , yǒu huǒyàn chūyú Xīhóng de chéng , shāo jìn Móyē de yà Ěr hé Yànèn hé qiū tán de jìsī ( jìsī yuánwén zuò zhǔ ) .

29 Móyē a , nǐ yǒu huò le . jī mā de mín nǎ , nǐmen mièwáng le . jī mā de nánzǐ taó bèn , nǚzi beìlǔ , jiāofù yà Mólì de wáng Xīhóng .