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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 21
Israel destroys those Canaanites who fight against her —She is
plagued with fiery serpents—Moses lifts up a serpent of brass to save
those who look thereon—Israel defeats Amorites and destroys people of
Bashan and occupies their lands.
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1 AND when
aking bArad the Canaanite, which dwelt in
the csouth, heard tell that Israel came by the way of
dthe spies; then he fought against Israel, and took
some of them prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a avow
unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my
hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of
Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly
adestroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of
the place bHormah.
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4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount
aHor by the way of the bRed sea, to
ccompass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was
much discouraged because of the way.
5 And the people aspake
against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt
to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there
any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6 And the LORD sent afiery
bserpents among the people, and they bit the people; and
much people of Israel died.
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7 ¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, and
said, We have asinned, for we have spoken against the LORD,
and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.
And Moses bprayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses,
aMake thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a
polea: and it
shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it,
shall blive.
9 And Moses made a aserpent
of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had
bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
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8a set it upon a pole The pole
was that which paralleled the cross upon which Jesus Christ would be lifted
up upon.
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10 ¶ And the children of Israel set
forward, and apitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched
at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is abefore
Moab, toward the sunrising.
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12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on
the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that
acometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for
bArnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the
Amorites.
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14 Wherefore it is said in the
abook of the wars of the
LORDa, What he did in the Red sea,
and in the brooks of Arnon,
15 And at the astream of the
brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of
Moab.
16 And from thence they went to
aBeer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto
Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
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14a the book of the wars of the
LORD Now the Bible was not compiled together until the days of
Exekiel in Babylon and not all of the records were added thereto nor were
they any longer available. Many words of many prophets were not included
such as Zenos, Neum and Zenock, and other record and history books were
either 'lost' or not included but refernced only. Here is reference to 'the
book of the wars of the LORD', no such book is today had or known other than
this mention of it, that it did exist. It likely detailed all the wars
which the LORD aided in their victories and included such as Israel's need
to look to God and live righteously.
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17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
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:
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that
is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which
alooketh toward Jeshimon.
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21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto
aSihon king of the bAmorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
23 And aSihon would not
suffer Israel to pass through his bborder: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
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24 And Israel asmote him
with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from
bArnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for
the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these
acities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
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27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say,
Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and
aprepared:
28 For there is a fire gone out of
aHeshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed
Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O
people of aChemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped,
and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
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31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out
aJaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out
the Amorites that were there.
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33 ¶ And they turned and went up by the
way of Bashan: and aOg the king of Bashan went out against
them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not:
for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and
thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the
aAmorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they asmote him, and
his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they
possessed his land.
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