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Numbers 21:23

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But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.

KJV

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: 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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This verse in Numbers 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites

on Numbers 21:21-23

Israel asks Sihon for exactly what it asked Edom at 20:17, passage along the highway with nothing taken from field or vineyard or well. Edom refused and Israel turned aside, and Sihon refuses and comes out to fight, so the outcome follows from who attacked whom. Deuteronomy 2:26-30 tells the same approach and adds a reason Numbers withholds, that the Lord thy God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, and both accounts stand as they are written.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The enemies of God's church are often infatuated in those very counsels which they think most wisely taken. Sihon's army was routed, and not only so, but all his country came into the possession of Israel,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Israel sent messengers unto Sihon--The rejection of their respectful and pacific message was resented--Sihon was discomfited in battle--and Israel obtained by right of conquest the whole of the Amorite dominions.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נָתַ֨ןhe permitted

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • סִיחֹ֣ןSihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֮Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עֲבֹ֣רto pass

    ʾavorH5674 →556 times

  • בִּגְבֻלוֹ֒in territory his

    bigvuloH1366 →240 times

  • וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףand he gathered

    vaiyeesofH622 →200 times

  • סִיחֹ֜ןSihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַמּ֗וֹpeople his

    amoH5971 →1873 times

  • וַיֵּצֵ֞אand he went out

    vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • לִקְרַ֤אתto meet

    likratH7122 →139 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָהthe wilderness towards

    hamidbarahH4057 →270 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אand he came

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • יָ֑הְצָהJahaz towards

    yahetzahH3096 →

  • וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםand he engaged in battle

    vaiyilachemH3898 →177 times

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃against Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.9 worksJoshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,5 worksJudges 11:20But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.4 worksDeuteronomy 29:7–8When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.3 worksJeremiah 48:21Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,3 worksDeuteronomy 2:18“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.3 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 20:21So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.2 worksJeremiah 48:34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.2 worksIsaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.2 worksJudges 20:14And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.2 worksJoshua 21:36From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 48:34

    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 15:4–6

      Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

    • Numbers 32:3

      “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

    • Genesis 13:10

      And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…

    • Numbers 32:36–37

      Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

  • Through

    Numbers 20:21

    So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:18

      Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon.…

    • Deuteronomy 2:29

      just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is…

  • Through

    Judges 11:20

    But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

    it leads to

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 21 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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