Numbers 21:20

Numbers 21:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
• New International Version (NIV)and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.

Context of Numbers 21:20

18The well, which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people hollowed out, With the scepter and with their staffs.” And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, 19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the desert. 21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, 22“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s road until we have passed through your border.”

Numbers 21:20 word by word

וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת הַגַּיְא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃ פRead the interlinear

• and from Bamothבָּמוֹתbâmôth bâmôth ba‛al · BamothH1120
• to the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• that is in the landשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• at the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisgâh · PisgahH6449
• which overlooksעַל‛al · uponH5921
• which overlooksפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• which overlooksשָׁקַףshâqaph · to lookH8259
• desertיְשִׁימוֹןyeshîymôn · wildernessH3452

Cross-references for Numbers 21:20

• Numbers 22:1Then the sons of Israel journeyed on, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.
• Numbers 26:63These are the ones who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
• Numbers 33:49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab.
• Deuteronomy 1:5Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Law, saying,
• Numbers 23:14So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• Deuteronomy 3:27Go up to the top of Pisgah and raise your eyes to the west, the north, the south, and the east, and see it with your eyes; for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
• Deuteronomy 34:1Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,
• Numbers 23:28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.

Commentaries on Numbers 21:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20In the country of Moab - Rather, in the field of Moab: the upland pastures, or flat downs, intersected by the ravine of Wady Waleh. Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon - Or, “toward the waste.” See Numbers 33:47. Pisgah was a ridge of the Abarim mountains, westward from Heshbon. From the summit the Israelites gained their first view of the wastes of the Dead Sea and of the valley of the Jordan: and Moses again ascended it, to view, before his death, the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near. "They set forward." It were well if we did thus; and the nearer we come to heaven, were so much the more active and abundant in the work of the Lord. The wonderful success God granted to his people, is here spoken of, and, among the rest, their actions on the river…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20After moving north of the Arnon, the Hebrews left the wilderness on the eastern side of Moab and the newly conquered Amorite territory (see study note on 21:21–35). They turned west toward the ridgeline that rises up from the Jordan Rift valley, then traveled north to Pisgah Peak (see also 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:17, 27; 34:1, 5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. King Arad the Canaanite--rather, "the Canaanite king of Arad"--an ancient town on the southernmost borders of Palestine, not far from Kadesh. A hill called Tell Arad marks the spot. heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies--in the way or manner of spies, stealthily, or from spies sent by himself to ascertain the designs and motions of the Israelites. The Septuagint and others consider the Hebrew word "spies" a proper name, and render it…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 21:20

• Bamoth
• Jeshimon
• Pisgah

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Bamoth
• Behold
• Desert
• Exodus
• Jeshimon
• Pisgah
• Spy

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