Numbers 21:10-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 21:10-20

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. The Israelites were now drawing near to the promised rest, and now they set forward, as the expression is, Num. 21:10. It were well if we would do thus in our way to heaven, rid ground in the latter end of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:10

And the children of Israel set forward ,.... From Zalmonah, and came to Punon, which, according to the above writer, was twenty miles from it; though here indeed, some think, the brazen serpent was set up, here being, as before observed, brass mines to furnish with that metal: and pitched in Oboth ; which was twenty four miles from Punon, as says the same writer: the word signifies bottles; perhaps here the Israelites got water and filled their bottles, or, as others think, they filled... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:11

And they journeyed from Oboth ,.... How long they stayed there is not certain: and pitched at Ijeabarim ; which, according to Bunting F11 Ut supra. (Travels of the Patriarchs, &c.; 83.) , was sixteen miles from Oboth; Jarchi says it was the way that passengers pass by Mount Nebo to the land of Canaan, and which divides between the land of Moab and the land of the Amorites: in the wilderness which is before Moab ; called the wilderness of Moab, Deuteronomy 2:8 . towards... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:12

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. Or the brook Zered, as in Deuteronomy 13:14 that is near it: this seems to be the same station with Dibongad, Numbers 33:45 , and which, according to the above writer, was sixteen miles from Ijeabarim. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:13

From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon ,.... A river on the borders of Moab: which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites ; according to Jarchi, they went round the land of Moab, all to the south and east, and came not into the border of Moab, as Jephthah said, Judges 11:18 but before they came hither they had a station at Almondiblathaim, Numbers 33:46 . for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites ; a river... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:12

They - pitched in the valley of Zared - זרד נחל nachal zared . This should be translated the brook Zared, as it is in Deuteronomy 2:13 , Deuteronomy 2:14 . This stream has its origin in the mountains eastward of Moab, and runs from east to west, and discharges itself into the Dead Sea. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:13

Arnon - Another river which takes its rise in the mountains of Moab, and, after having separated the ancient territories of the Moabites and Ammonites, falls into the Dead Sea, near the mouth of Jordan. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:10

Verse 10 10.And the children of Israel set forth. Moses does not here enumerate all the stations, which will be mentioned hereafter, when he recapitulates them all separately and in order: for, in hastening to record certain memorable circumstances, he passes over those of minor importance, which, however, he does not omit elsewhere; since the account of their circuitous course, when they were turning away from the Edomites, was of some moment. For it was, as we have observed, no ordinary proof... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:13

Verse 13 13.From thence they removed, and pitched. I will presently add, what Moses relates in Deuteronomy respecting the Moabites and Ammonites. Since here he only briefly touches upon the main facts, he only specifies that the people came to the borders of their enemies, where it was necessary to give battle, because there was no means of entering the land of Canaan, except by force of arms. Here, then, was the end of their journeying, for, when the Amorites were conquered, they began to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 21:10

The children of Israel set forward , and pitched in Oboth. In the list of Numbers 33:1-56 , there occur two other stations, Zahnonah and Phunon, between Mount Hor and Oboth. Phunon may be the Pinou of Genesis 36:41 , but it is a mere conjecture. All we can conclude with any certainty is that the Israelites passed round the southern end of the mountains of Edom by the Wady el Ithm, and then marched northwards along the eastern border of Edom by the route now followed between Mekba and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 21:10-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 21:10

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