Numbers 21:19
in Numbers 21and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
KJV
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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This verse in Numbers 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Nahaliel - i. e. “brook of God;” the modern Wady Enkheileh. The Israelites must have crossed the stream not much above Ar. Bamoth - Otherwise Bamoth-baal, “the high places of Baal” Num 22:41: mentioned as near Dibon (Dhiban) in Jos 13:17, and Isa 15:2. See Num 32:34.
This site's exposition
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people
on Numbers 21:18-20
The well is given by God and dug by the princes and nobles with their staves, and one verse records both. The phrase by the direction of the lawgiver is read of Moses commanding the work, and it is also read of the ruler's staff, the word Genesis 49:10 puts between Judah's feet, and the older commentators divide over which is meant. The stages end at the top of Pisgah, where Balak will take Balaam at 23:14 and where Moses will be shown the land and die at Deuteronomy 34:1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִמַּתָּנָ֖ה | umimatanah | and from Mattanah | H4980 → | |
| נַחֲלִיאֵ֑ל | nachaliel | Nahaliel | H5160 → | |
| וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵ֖ל | uminachaliel | and from Nahaliel | H5160 → | |
| בָּמֽוֹת׃ | bamot | Bamoth | H1120 → | 4 times |
וּמִמַּתָּנָ֖הand from Mattanah
umimatanahH4980 →
נַחֲלִיאֵ֑לNahaliel
nachalielH5160 →
וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵ֖לand from Nahaliel
uminachalielH5160 →
בָּמֽוֹת׃Bamoth
bamotH1120 →4 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).