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Numbers 21:18 KJV
Numbers · chapter 21 · verse 18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:Numbers 21:18 · King James Version
Numbers 21:18 in context
16And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- lawgiverchâqaqproperly, to hackH2710 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- diggedchâpharproperly, to pry intoH2658 →
- noblesnâdîybproperly, voluntaryH5081 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
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We have here an account of the several stages and removals of the children of Israel, till they came into the plains of Moab, out of which they at length passed over Jordan into Canaan, as we read in the beginning of Joshua. Natural motions are quicker the nearer they are to their centre.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20