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Numbers 21:28
28An army that was like a fire went out from Heshbon. It was like a flame that went out from Sihon's city. It destroyed Ar in Moab, and everything on the hills near the River Arnon.
Numbers 21:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- New International Version (NIV)“Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For fire went out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the heights of the Arnon.
Context of Numbers 21:28
26Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had fought against the king of Moab. He took from the king of Moab the land as far as the River Arnon. 27So the people who write songs wrote this: ‘Come to Heshbon and build it up again. Build the city of Sihon again. An army that was like a fire went out from Heshbon. It was like a flame that went out from Sihon's city. It destroyed Ar in Moab, and everything on the hills near the River Arnon. 29It will be very bad for you, people of Moab. Sihon has killed you people who worship the god Chemosh. Your god has let the king of the Amorites put you in prison. 30But now, we have won against them! We have destroyed Heshbon, and as far as Dibon. We have killed them from Nophah to Medeba.’
Read all of Numbers 21Numbers 21:28 word by word
כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִקִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן אָֽכְלָה֙ עָ֣ר מוֹאָ֔ב בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For there is a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- gone outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318
- of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
- a flameלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
- from the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
- of Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511
- it hath consumedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- Arעָר‛âr · ArH6144
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- the lords of the high placesבַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹתba‛ălêy bâmôth · heightsH1181
- of Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769
Cross-references for Numbers 21:28
- Judges 9:20But if you have not been faithful, I pray that Abimelech will destroy you! I pray that his fire will completely burn up the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo. And I pray that fire from you leaders will completely destroy Abimelech!’
- Isaiah 10:16So the Lord, the Almighty Lord, will punish Assyria's soldiers. They are now fat and healthy, but they will become thin! It will be like a fire that burns them, with all their proud strength.
- Jeremiah 48:45People will run away to Heshbon to be safe. They will be helpless as they stand outside its walls. Flames of fire will come out from Heshbon, the city where King Sihon once ruled. It will burn as far as Moab's borders. It will destroy those proud people who love to fight.
- Amos 1:4I will send a fire to destroy the palace that King Hazael built. It will destroy the strong buildings of King Ben-Hadad.
- Amos 2:2So I will send fire to the country called Moab. The fire will destroy the strong buildings in Kerioth town. The people will hear their enemies shout. And they will hear the sounds that their enemies' trumpets make. And the people will die.
- Numbers 21:15It also speaks about the sides of the valleys on the border of Moab that lead to the town of Ar.
- Deuteronomy 2:9Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not make the people of Moab angry. Do not start a fight against them. I will not give any part of their land to you. I have given Ar to Lot's descendants to be their city.’
- Isaiah 15:1This is a message about Moab: In one night an enemy has destroyed Ar. In one night they have destroyed Kir. Those towns in Moab are now a heap of stones!
Commentaries on Numbers 21:28
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-35Verses 21-35 Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28King Sihon had destroyed Moab’s towns from his center of operations at Heshbon.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs--Here is given an extract from an Amorite song exultingly anticipating an extension of their conquests to Arnon. The quotation from the poem of the Amorite bard ends at Nu 21:28. The two following verses appear to be the strains in which the Israelites expose the impotence of the usurpers.Read the comment
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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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