Numbers 21:20
in Numbers 21and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
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ASV
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.
KJV
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
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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)
In the country of Moab - Rather, in the field of Moab: the upland pastures, or flat downs, intersected by the ravine of Wady Waleh. Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon - Or, “toward the waste.” See Num 33:47. Pisgah was a ridge of the Abarim mountains, westward from Heshbon. From the summit the Israelites gained their first view of the wastes of the Dead Sea and of the valley of the Jordan: and Moses again ascended it, to view, before his death, the land of promise.
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
the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland
Albert Barnes takes the wasteland as the wastes of the Dead Sea. From this ridge, he says, Israel first saw that sea and the Jordan valley.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And from Bamoth, in the valley,....
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת | umibamot | and from Bamoth | H1120 → | 4 times |
| הַגַּיְא֙ | hagay' | the valley | H1516 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה | bisdeh | [is] in [the] region of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| מוֹאָ֔ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| רֹ֖אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה | hapisgah | <the> Pisgah | H6449 → | |
| וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָה | venishkafah | and it looked down | H8259 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃ פ | hayshimon | the desolate place | H3452 → |
וּמִבָּמ֗וֹתand from Bamoth
umibamotH1120 →4 times
הַגַּיְא֙the valley
hagay'H1516 →
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה[is] in [the] region of
bisdehH7704 →334 times
מוֹאָ֔בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
רֹ֖אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה<the> Pisgah
hapisgahH6449 →
וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָהand it looked down
venishkafahH8259 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃ פthe desolate place
hayshimonH3452 →
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 4:49including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Joshua 13:20
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
- Deuteronomy 34:1
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- Deuteronomy 3:17
Through
Deuteronomy 1:5On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 17:18–19
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 32:46
Through
Numbers 23:14So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
it leads to
- Isaiah 46:6
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Deuteronomy 3:27
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
- Isaiah 1:10–11
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 46:6
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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.