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 princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.” And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; 19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness. 21Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, 22“Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

Numbers 21:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And from Bamothבָּמוֹתbâmôth bâmôth ba‛al · BamothH1120
• the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• in the countryשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• to the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisgâh · PisgahH6449
• which lookethשָׁקַףshâqaph · to lookH8259
• towardפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Jeshimonיְשִׁימוֹןyeshîymôn · wildernessH3452

Cross-references for Numbers 21:20

• Numbers 22:1The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.
• Numbers 26:63These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.
• Numbers 33:49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
• Deuteronomy 1:5So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:
• Numbers 23:14So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• Deuteronomy 3:27Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)
• Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,
• Numbers 23:28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.

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