Numbers 21:32
in Numbers 21After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
KJV
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
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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)
Jaazer - To he identified probably with the ruins Sir or es-Sir 10 miles north of Heshbon. The occupation of it by the Israelites virtually completed their conquest of the Amorite kingdom; and prepared the way for the pastoral settlements in it which they not long after established Num 32:35.
This site's exposition
Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites
on Numbers 21:31-32
The verb settles what the last chapters had only promised, that Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Jaazer is spied out and taken, and the tribes who see this pasture will ask for it at 32:1-5, where Reuben and Gad name Jazer and Gilead as a place for cattle. The request that splits the inheritance across Jordan begins with the ground taken in this verse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer,....
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לְרַגֵּ֣ל | leragel | to spy out | H7270 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעְזֵ֔ר | ya'zer | Jazer | H3270 → | 13 times |
| וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ | vaiyilkedu | and they captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ | benoteiha | daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ | vaiyiresh | and it dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֥י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ | sham | [was] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לְרַגֵּ֣לto spy out
leragelH7270 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעְזֵ֔רJazer
ya'zerH3270 →13 times
וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּand they captured
vaiyilkeduH3920 →121 times
בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָdaughters its
benoteihaH1323 →588 times
וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁand it dispossessed
vaiyireshH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֥יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָֽׁם׃[was] there
shamH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 48:32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer…
it leads to
- Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 13:19
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8–9
Through
Numbers 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
it leads to
- Numbers 32:3
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Numbers 32:3
Through
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
it leads to
- 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.
- Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- Numbers 32:34–38
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- Jeremiah 48:34
Through
Numbers 32:35Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:1
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Numbers 32:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
