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16 From there the Israelites traveled to Beer,[a] which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.” 17 There the Israelites sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!
    Yes, sing its praises!
18 Sing of this well,
    which princes dug,
which great leaders hollowed out
    with their scepters and staffs.”

Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,

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Footnotes

  1. 21:16 Beer means “well.”

16 From there they continued on to Beer,(A) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

17 Then Israel sang this song:(B)

“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
18 about the well that the princes dug,
    that the nobles of the people sank—
    the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

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