God’s Word Translation
Numbers 21:28
28Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites.
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 King Sihon of the Amorites. He had fought the former king of Moab and had taken all his land up to the Arnon Valley. 27This is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon! Rebuild it! Restore Sihon’s city! Fire came out of Heshbon, flames from Sihon’s city. They destroyed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s worship sites. 29How horrible it is for you, Moab! You are destroyed, you people of the god Chemosh. Chemosh let his sons become refugees and he let his daughters become prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. 30But we shot the Amorites full of arrows. From Heshbon to Dibon they all died. We destroyed everyone and everything between Nophah and 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 that’s not the case, let fire come out of Abimelech and burn up citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo. Also let fire come out of citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo and burn up Abimelech.”
- Isaiah 10:16That is why the Almighty Lord of Armies will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.
- Jeremiah 48:45“Those who flee will stand exhausted in the shadow of Heshbon. A fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from Sihon. It will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab and the skulls of those noisy people.
- Amos 1:4I will send a fire on the house of Hazael and burn down the palaces of Ben Hadad.
- Amos 2:2I will send a fire on Moab and burn down the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die during the noise of battle while troops are shouting and rams’ horns are blowing.
- Numbers 21:15Arnon and the slopes of the valleys that go down to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab….”
- Deuteronomy 2:9The Lord said to me, “Don’t bother the people of Moab or start a war with them. I’m not giving you any of Ar as your property. I have given it to the descendants of Lot.”
- Isaiah 15:1This is the divine revelation about Moab. In a single night Ar in Moab is laid waste and destroyed! In a single night Kir in Moab is laid waste and destroyed!
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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