Numbers 21:33
in Numbers 21Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
KJV
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
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This verse in Numbers 21
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In these apparently unimportant words is contained the record of the Israelite Num 32:39 occupation of Gilead north of the Jabbok; a territory which, though populated, like southern Gilead, by the Amorites (Deu 3:9; Jos 2:10, etc.), formed part of the domain of Og king of Bashan, who was himself of a different race Deu 3:2; Jos 12:5; Jos 13:11. We are not told whether they were led there by express warrant of God, or whether their advance upon Bashan was provoked by Og and his people.
This site's exposition
they turned and went up by the way of Bashan
on Numbers 21:33-34
Og comes out to Edrei and God says fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hand, which is the assurance Joshua and Caleb gave at 14:9 and the camp refused. Deuteronomy 3:11 adds what Numbers withholds, that Og remained of the remnant of the giants and that his bedstead of iron was nine cubits long and four cubits broad. That ties him to the Rephaim of Genesis 14:5, smitten at Ashteroth Karnaim, the city Deuteronomy 1:4 gives as Og's own, and back to the report the ten spies brought at 13:33.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Bashan was famous for the best timber (witness the oaks of Bashan), and the best breed of cattle, witness the bulls and kine of Bashan, and the lambs and rams of that country, which are celebrated, Deut. xxxii. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions against the judgments of God, but all in vain, when their day comes, on which they must fall.
Og - Who also was a king of the Amorites. And it may seem that Sihon and Og were the leaders or captains of two great colonies which came out of Canaan, and drove out the former inhabitants of these places.
And they turned,....
But it proved that he meddled to his own hurt; had he sat still, his people might have been last destroyed of all the Canaanites, but now they were the first. Thus those that are overmuch wicked die before their time, Eccl. vii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Og--a giant, an Amoritish prince, who, having opposed the progress of the Israelites, was defeated. The Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not--a necessary encouragement, for Og's gigantic stature (De 3:11) was calculated to inspire terror.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפְנוּ֙ | vaiyifnu | and they turned | H6437 → | 135 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲל֔וּ | vaiyaalu | and they went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| דֶּ֖רֶךְ | derekh | [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֑ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| וַיֵּצֵ֣א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| עוֹג֩ | ʾog | Og | H5747 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֨ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| לִקְרָאתָ֜ם | likratam | to meet them | H7122 → | 139 times |
| ה֧וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַמּ֛וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| אֶדְרֶֽעִי׃ | ʾedrei | Edrei | H154 → |
וַיִּפְנוּ֙and they turned
vaiyifnuH6437 →135 times
וַֽיַּעֲל֔וּand they went up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
דֶּ֖רֶךְ[the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַבָּשָׁ֑ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
וַיֵּצֵ֣אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
עוֹג֩Og
ʾogH5747 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
הַבָּשָׁ֨ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
לִקְרָאתָ֜םto meet them
likratamH7122 →139 times
ה֧וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
עַמּ֛וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
אֶדְרֶֽעִי׃Edrei
ʾedreiH154 →
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
Deuteronomy 1:4This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:21–35
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 12:2–6
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of…
- Deuteronomy 2:26
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
- Joshua 13:10–12
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Numbers 21:21–35
Through
Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes…
it leads to
- Genesis 49:11
He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Psalms 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- Psalms 147:14
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- Genesis 49:11
Through
Joshua 13:12the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
it leads to
- Joshua 12:4
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
- Joshua 12:4
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Chuck Missler, Learn the Bible in 24 Hours; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
