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

Context of Numbers 21:20

18The well the leaders sank, Dug by the nation’s nobles, By the lawgiver, with their staves.” And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah, 19from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth, in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland. 21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by 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 children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.
• Numbers 26:63These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
• Numbers 33:49They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.
• Deuteronomy 1:5On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
• Numbers 23:14So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
• Deuteronomy 3:27Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
• Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan,
• Numbers 23:28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks 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