Chapter 21

1
Arad Num 33:40; Josh 12:14; Judg 1:16

the way of the spies Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the word atharim, rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper name (Αθαρειν, (Atharim). Num 13:21-22, Num 14:45

then Deut 2:32; Josh 7:5, Josh 11:19-20; Ps 44:3-4


2
vowed Gen 28:20; Judg 11:30; 1Sam 1:11; 2Sam 15:7-8; Ps 56:12-13, Ps 116:18; Ps 132:2

I will Lev 27:28-29; Deut 13:15; Josh 6:17, Josh 6:26; 1Cor 16:22


3
hearkened Ps 10:17, Ps 91:15, Ps 102:17

and they utterly Wyyacharem, rather with the LXX και ανεθεματισεν, "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua (Josh 12:14).

the name Num 14:45; Deut 1:44; 1Sam 30:30 Hormah, that is, utter destruction. Chormah, rather a devoting to destruction, so LXX Αναθεμα, and Tremellius, devotio sive anathema.


4
mount Hor Num 20:22-23, Num 20:27, Num 33:41

by the way Num 14:25; Deut 1:40

compass Num 20:18-21; Deut 2:5-8; Judg 11:18

the soul Num 32:7, Num 32:9; Exod 6:9; Acts 14:22; 1Thess 3:3-4

discouraged or, grieved, Heb. shortened, Exod 6:9


5
spake Num 11:1-6, Num 14:1-4, Num 16:13-14, Num 16:41, Num 17:12; Exod 14:11, Exod 15:24, Exod 16:2-3, Exod 16:7-8; Exod 17:2-3; Ps 68:6, Ps 78:19

and our soul Num 11:6-9; Exod 16:15, Exod 16:31; Ps 78:24-25; Prov 27:7


6
Gen 3:14-15; Deut 8:15; Isa 14:29, Isa 30:6; Jer 8:17; Amos 9:3-4; 1Cor 10:9


7
We have Exod 9:27-28; 1Sam 12:19, 1Sam 15:24, 1Sam 15:30; Ps 78:34; Matt 27:4

pray Exod 8:8, Exod 8:28; 1Kgs 13:6; Jer 37:3; Acts 8:24; Jas 5:16

And Moses Num 11:2, Num 14:17-20; Gen 20:7; Exod 32:11, Exod 32:30; Deut 9:20, Deut 9:26-29; 1Sam 12:20-23; Job 42:8, Job 42:10; Ps 106:23; Jer 15:1; Rom 10:1


8
Ps 106:43-45, Ps 145:8


9
A serpent of 2Kgs 18:4; John 3:14-15, John 12:32; Rom 8:3; 2Cor 5:21

when he Isa 45:22; Zech 12:10; John 1:29; Heb 12:2; 1John 3:8

he lived John 6:40; Rom 1:17, Rom 5:20-21


10
Num 33:43-45


11
Oboth Probably Oboda, a city of Arabia Petrea, mentioned by Ptolemy. Pliny assigns it to the Helmodians; but Stephanus to the Nabatheans.

Ijeabarim or, heaps of Abarim, Num 21:11


12
the valley of Zared Deut 2:13-14, the brook Zered


13
Num 21:14, Num 22:36; Deut 2:24; Judg 11:18; Isa 16:2; Jer 48:20


14
in the book Josh 10:13; 2Sam 1:18

What he did or, Vaheb in Suphah, The following seems to be the sense of this passage: "From Vaheb in Suphah, and the torrents of Arnon, even the effusion of the torrents, which goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth for the boundary of Moab; even from thence to the well; (which is the well of which Jehovah spake unto Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water. Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O Well! Answer ye to it. The well, princes digged it; even nobles of the people digged it, by a decree, upon their borders); and from the wilderness (or the well, as in LXX) to Mattanah; and from Mattanah," etc. The whole of this, from Num 21:14-20, is a fragment from "the book of the wars of Jehovah," probably a book of remembrances or directions written by Moses for the use of Joshua, and describes the several boundaries of the land of Moab. This rendering removes every obscurity, and obviates every difficulty.


15
Ar Num 21:28; Deut 2:9, Deut 2:18, Deut 2:29; Isa 15:1

lieth Heb. leaneth


16
Beer Judg 9:21

Gather Num 20:8; Exod 17:6; Isa 12:3, Isa 41:17-18, Isa 43:20, Isa 49:10; John 4:10, John 4:14; John 7:37-39; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17


17
sang Exod 15:1-2; Judg 5:1; Ps 105:2, Ps 106:12; Isa 12:1-2, Isa 12:5; Jas 5:13

Spring up Heb. ascend

sing ye or answer


18
princes 2Chr 17:7-9; Neh 3:1, Neh 3:5; 1Tim 6:17-18

the lawgiver Deut 5:31, Deut 33:4; Isa 33:22; John 1:17; Jas 4:12

And from Num 33:45-47


20
country Heb. field, Num 22:1, Num 26:63, Num 33:49-50; Deut 1:5

to the Num 23:14; Deut 3:27, Deut 4:49, Deut 34:1

Pisgah or the hill

Jeshimon or, the wilderness, Num 23:28


21
Num 20:14-19; Deut 2:26-28; Judg 11:19-21


22
Num 20:17


23
Sihon would Deut 2:30-32, Deut 29:7-8

Jahaz Judg 11:20; Isa 15:4; Jer 48:34


24
Israel Num 32:1-4, Num 32:33-42; Deut 2:31-37, Deut 29:7; Josh 9:10, Josh 12:1-3, Josh 13:8-10, Josh 24:8; Judg 11:21-23, Judg 12:1-2, Judg 21:8; Neh 9:22; Ps 135:10-12, Ps 136:19; Amos 2:9

Arnon Num 21:13; Gen 32:22; Deut 3:16


25
dwelt Num 21:31, Num 32:33-42; Deut 2:12

in Heshbon Heshbon was situated, according to Eusebius, twenty miles east of Jordan; and Jerome, who places it at the same distance, says it was, in his time, a very considerable city. It still subsists, in ruins, under the name of Heshban. Song 7:4; Isa 15:4, Isa 16:8-9; Jer 48:2, Jer 48:34, Jer 48:45

villages Heb. daughters, Ezek 16:46, Ezek 16:49, Ezek 16:53


26
Arnon Arnon is a stream which takes its rise in the mountains of Moab, and, by a north-west course, during which it receives the waters of several streams, runs into the Dead sea. It is now called Wady Modjeb, and divides the province of Pelka from that of Kerek, as it formerly divided the kingdoms of the Moabites and Amorites. Its principal source is at a short distance to the north-east of Katrane, a station of the Syrian Hadj, where it is called Seyl Sayde; and lower down it receives the name of Esseim el Kereim, or Szefye. Num 21:26


27
Num 21:14; Isa 14:4; Hab 2:6


28
a fire Judg 9:20; Isa 10:16; Jer 48:45-46; Amos 1:4, Amos 1:7, Amos 1:10, Amos 1:12, Amos 1:14, Amos 2:2, Amos 2:5

Ar of Moab Num 21:15; Deut 2:9, Deut 2:18; Isa 15:1-2


29
Judg 11:24; 1Kgs 11:7, 1Kgs 11:33; 2Kgs 23:13; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:46; 1Cor 8:4-5


30
have shot Gen 49:23; 2Sam 11:24; Ps 18:14

Dibon Num 32:34; Josh 13:17; Isa 15:2, Isa 15:9; Jer 48:18, Jer 48:22


31
Num 32:33-42; Deut 3:16-17; Josh 12:1-6, Josh 13:8-12


32
Jaazer Num 32:1, Num 32:35; Isa 16:8-9; Jer 48:32, Jazer


33
they turned Deut 3:1-6, Deut 29:7; Josh 13:12

Bashan Deut 32:14; Ps 22:12, Ps 68:15; Isa 33:9; Ezek 27:6, Ezek 39:18; Amos 4:1

Og Num 32:33; Deut 1:4, Deut 3:1, Deut 4:47, Deut 29:7; Josh 9:10, Josh 12:4, Josh 13:30


34
Fear him Num 14:9; Deut 3:2, Deut 3:11, Deut 20:3, Deut 31:6; Josh 10:8, Josh 10:25; Isa 41:13

for I have Deut 3:3, Deut 7:24; Josh 8:7; Judg 11:30; 1Sam 23:4; 2Sam 5:19; 1Kgs 20:13, 1Kgs 20:28; 2Kgs 3:18

thou shalt Num 21:24; Ps 135:10-11

as thou Num 21:24-25


35
Deut 3:3-17, Deut 29:7-8; Josh 12:4-6, Josh 13:12; Ps 135:10-12, Ps 136:17-21; Rom 8:37


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