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
4 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 dug the well
on Numbers 21:18-20
The well is God's gift, and the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their staffs, both in one verse. The word the Berean gives as scepters is read of Moses directing the work.
This site's exposition
from Nahaliel to Bamoth
John Wesley notes that Mattanah, Nahaliel and Bamoth do not appear among the camps listed in Numbers 33. He takes them as places Israel passed through without pitching. Albert Barnes identifies Bamoth with Bamoth-baal, the height where Balak brings Balaam at 22:41.
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
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.