Numbers 21
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Numbers 21:4-20

4Then they setH5265 outH5265 from MountH2022 HorH2023 by the wayH1870 of the 1RedH5488 SeaH3220, to 2goH5437 aroundH5437 the landH776 of EdomH112; and the 3peopleH5315H5971 becameH7114 impatientH7114 because of the journeyH1870. 5So the peopleH5971 spokeH1696 against GodH430 and MosesH4872: “4WhyH4100 have you broughtH5927 us upH5927 from EgyptH4714 to dieH4191 in the wildernessH4057? For thereH369 isH369 noH369 5foodH3899 and noH369 waterH4325, and 67we are disgustedH6973 with 8this miserableH7052 foodH3899.” 69Then the LordH3068 sentH7971 fieryH8314 serpentsH8314 among the peopleH5971 and 10they bitH5391 the peopleH5971, so that 11manyH7227 peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478 diedH4191. 712So the peopleH5971 cameH935 to MosesH4872 and saidH559, “We have sinnedH2398, becauseH3588 we have spokenH1696 against the LordH3068 and against you; 13intercedeH6419 with the LordH3068, that He will removeH5493 the serpentsH5175 from us.” And MosesH4872 intercededH6419 for the peopleH5971. 8Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “14MakeH6213 a 15fieryH8314 serpent, and putH7760 it on a flagH5251 pole; and it shall comeH1961 aboutH1961, that everyoneH3605 who is bittenH5391, and looksH7200 at it, will liveH2421.” 9So MosesH4872 madeH6213 a 16bronzeH5178 serpentH5175 and putH7760 it on the flagH5251 pole; and it cameH1961 aboutH1961, that ifH518 a serpentH5175 bitH5391 someoneH376, and he lookedH5027 at the bronzeH5178 serpentH5175, he livedH2421.

1017Now the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 movedH5265 outH5265 and campedH2583 in ObothH88. 11Then they journeyedH5265 from ObothH88 and campedH2583 at Iye-abarimH5863, in the wildernessH4057 whichH834 is oppositeH5921H6440 MoabH4124, to the 18eastH4217H8121. 1219From thereH8033 they setH5265 outH5265 and campedH2583 in 20WadiH5158 ZeredH2218. 13From thereH8033 they journeyedH5265 and campedH2583 on the otherH5676 sideH5676 of the ArnonH769, whichH834 is in the wildernessH4057 that comesH3318 outH3318 of the borderH1366 of the AmoritesH567; 21for the ArnonH769 is the borderH1366 of MoabH4124, betweenH996 MoabH4124 and the AmoritesH567. 14For thatH3651 reasonH3651 it is saidH559 in the BookH5612 of the WarsH4421 of the LordH3068, “WahebH2052 in SuphahH5492, And the 22wadisH5158 of the ArnonH769,15And the slopeH793 of the wadisH5158 That extendsH5186 to the siteH7675 of 23ArH6144, And leansH8172 to the borderH1366 of MoabH4124.”

1624From thereH8033 they continued to 25BeerH876, that is the wellH875 whereH834 the LordH3068 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “AssembleH622 the peopleH5971, that I may giveH5414 them waterH4325.”

1726ThenH227 IsraelH3478 sangH7891 thisH2088 songH7892: “SpringH5927 upH5927, O wellH875! SingH6031 to it!18The wellH875, which the leadersH8269 dugH2658, Which the noblesH5081 of the peopleH5971 hollowedH3738 outH3738, With the scepterH2710 and with their staffsH4938.” And from the wildernessH4057 they continued to MattanahH4980, 19and from MattanahH4980 to NahalielH5160, and from NahalielH5160 to BamothH1120, 20and from BamothH1120 to the valleyH1516 that is in the landH7704 of MoabH4124, at the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, which overlooksH5921H6440H8259 the 27desertH3452.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 21:4 Lit Sea of Reeds ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 21:4 Deut 2:8 ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 21:4 Lit soul of the people was short ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 21:5 Num 14:2, 3 ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 21:5 Lit bread ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 21:5 Lit our soul is disgusted ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 21:5 Num 11:6 ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 21:5 I.e., the manna ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 21:6 Deut 8:15 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 21:6 Jer 8:17 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 21:6 1 Cor 10:9 ↩
  12. 12. Numbers 21:7 Num 11:2; Ps 78:34; Is 26:16; Hos 5:15 ↩
  13. 13. Numbers 21:7 Ex 8:8; 1 Sam 12:19; Acts 8:24 ↩
  14. 14. Numbers 21:8 Lit Make for yourself ↩
  15. 15. Numbers 21:8 Is 14:29; 30:6; John 3:14 ↩
  16. 16. Numbers 21:9 2 Kin 18:4; John 3:14, 15 ↩
  17. 17. Numbers 21:10 Num 33:43, 44 ↩
  18. 18. Numbers 21:11 Lit sunrise ↩
  19. 19. Numbers 21:12 Num 33:45 ↩
  20. 20. Numbers 21:12 I.e., a dry stream bed, except in the rainy season ↩
  21. 21. Numbers 21:13 Num 22:36; Judg 11:18 ↩
  22. 22. Numbers 21:14 I.e., dry stream beds ↩
  23. 23. Numbers 21:15 Num 21:28; Deut 2:9, 18, 29 ↩
  24. 24. Numbers 21:16 Num 33:46-49 ↩
  25. 25. Numbers 21:16 I.e., a well ↩
  26. 26. Numbers 21:17 Ex 15:1; Ps 105:2 ↩
  27. 27. Numbers 21:20 Or Jeshimon ↩

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