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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.

Context of Numbers 21:20

18about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, 19from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland. 21Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites: 22“Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

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 22:1Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 26:63These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 33:49There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
• Deuteronomy 1:5East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
• Numbers 23:14So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• Deuteronomy 3:27Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.
• Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,
• Numbers 23:28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.

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