Numbers 21:10-20
New American Standard Bible
10 (A)Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth. 11 Then they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, to the [a]east. 12 (B)From there they set out and camped in [b]Wadi Zered. 13 From there they journeyed and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; (C)for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 For that reason it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord,
“Waheb in Suphah,
And the [c]wadis of the Arnon,
15 And the slope of the wadis
That extends to the site of (D)Ar,
And leans to the border of Moab.”
16 (E)From there they continued to [d]Beer, that is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, that I may give them water.”
17 (F)Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well! Sing to it!
18 The well, which the leaders dug,
Which the nobles of the people hollowed out,
With the scepter and with their staffs.”
And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the [e]desert.
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- Numbers 21:11 Lit sunrise
- Numbers 21:12 I.e., a dry stream bed, except in the rainy season
- Numbers 21:14 I.e., dry stream beds
- Numbers 21:16 I.e., a well
- Numbers 21:20 Or Jeshimon
Numbers 21:10-20
International Standard Version
Travels in the Wilderness
10 After this, the Israelis traveled and encamped at Oboth. 11 Then they traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is in the vicinity of Moab’s eastern border. 12 From there, they traveled and encamped in the valley of Zered. 13 Then they traveled to the other side of Arnon and camped in the wilderness that borders the territory of the Amorites. (Arnon borders Moab between Moab and the Amorites, 14 which is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord[a] reads, “Waheb and Suphah and the wadis[b] of the Arnon, 15 and the slope of the valleys, that extends to the dwelling places of Ar and the borders of Moab.”)
16 From there they traveled[c] to the Well of Beer, where the Lord had instructed Moses, “Gather the people together and I’ll give you water.” 17 That’s also where Israel sang this song:
Rise up, well!
Sing to it!
18 It’s the well that the leaders dug,
the one carved out by the nobles of the people
with their scepters and staffs.
Then they moved on in the wilderness from there to Mattanah, 19 then from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley of Moab where their fields are, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, that looks down toward the open desert.
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- Numbers 21:14 I.e. a book chronicling ancient Israel’s history, now lost to history
- Numbers 21:14 I.e. seasonal rivers that are dry in the summer
- Numbers 21:16 The Heb. lacks they traveled
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