Berean Standard Bible
Numbers 21:21-35
21Then IsraelH3478 sentH7971 messengersH4397 toH413 SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, sayingH559, 22“Let us passH5674 through your landH776. We will notH3808 turn aside intoH5186 any fieldH7704 or vineyardH3754, or drinkH8354 waterH4325 from any wellH875. We will stay onH1980 the King’sH4428 HighwayH1870 untilH5704 we have passed throughH5674 your territoryH1366.”
23But SihonH5511 would notH3808 letH5414 IsraelH3478 passH5674 through his territoryH1366. Instead, heH5511 gatheredH622 his wholeH3605 armyH5971 and went outH3318 to confrontH7122 IsraelH3478 in the wildernessH4057. When he cameH935 to JahazH3096,1 he foughtH3898 against IsraelH3478. 24And IsraelH3478 put himH5221 to the swordH6310H2719 and took possession ofH3423 his landH776, from the ArnonH769 toH5704 the JabbokH2999—but only up toH5704 the borderH1366 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983, becauseH3588 it was fortifiedH5794.2
25IsraelH3478 capturedH3947 allH3605 the citiesH5892H428 of the AmoritesH567 and occupiedH3427 them, including HeshbonH2809 and allH3605 its villagesH1323. 26HeshbonH2809 was the cityH5892 of SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, whoH1931 had foughtH3898 against the formerH7223 kingH4428 of MoabH4124 and takenH3947 allH3605 his landH776H3027 asH5704 far as the ArnonH769. 27That is whyH5921H3651 the poetsH4911 sayH559:
31So IsraelH3478 livedH3427 in the landH776 of the AmoritesH567. 32After MosesH4872 had sentH7971 spiesH7270 to JazerH3270, Israel capturedH3920 its villagesH1323 and drove outH3423 the AmoritesH567 whoH834 were thereH8033.
33Then they turnedH6437 and went upH5927 the roadH1870 to BashanH1316, and OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316 and his wholeH3605 armyH5971 came outH3318 to meetH7122 themH1931 in battleH4421 at EdreiH154.
34But the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872, “Do notH408 fear himH3372, forH3588 I have deliveredH5414 himH853 into your handH3027, along withH853 allH3605 his peopleH5971 and his landH776. DoH6213 to him asH834 you didH6213 to SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567, whoH834 livedH3427 in HeshbonH2809.”
35So they struck downH5221 Og, along withH853 his sonsH1121 and his wholeH3605 armyH5971, untilH5704 noH1115 remnant was leftH7604. And they took possession ofH3423 his landH776.
Notes
- 1. Numbers 21:23 Jahaz is a variant of Jahzah; see 1 Chronicles 6:78. ↩
- 2. Numbers 21:24 Or because the territory was rugged; literally because it was strong ↩
- 3. Numbers 21:30 Or We demolished them until fire spread to Medeba ↩
Commentaries on Numbers 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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