Numbers 21:19

19 They went from Mattanah to Nahaliel. They went from Nahaliel to Bamoth.

Numbers 21:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:19

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth.
] All the Targums interpret this, and the following verse, not of the journeying of the children of Israel, but of the motion of the well, that that, from the place from whence it was given them, descended with them into the valleys, and from thence to the high places, as these words signify: and indeed those places are not mentioned in the journeys of the children of Israel, ( Numbers 33:1-56 ) and were not stations where they pitched, but places they passed through before they came to Abarim, and the wilderness of Kedemoth.

Numbers 21:19 In-Context

17 Then Israel sang a song. They said, "Spring up, you well! Sing about it.
18 Sing about the well the princes dug. Sing about the well the nobles of the people dug. All of their rulers were holding their rods and staffs." Then the people of Israel went from the desert to Mattanah.
19 They went from Mattanah to Nahaliel. They went from Nahaliel to Bamoth.
20 And they went from Bamoth to a valley in Moab. It's the valley where the highest slopes of Pisgah look out over a dry and empty land.
21 The people of Israel sent messengers to speak to Sihon. He was the king of the Amorites. The messengers said to him,
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