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Let the city of Sihon be restored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore those who speak in proverbs say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; Let the city of Sihon be repaired.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For that reason those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore those who use proverbs say, &#8220Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />That is why those who use proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon: Come and rebuild Heshbon, King Sihon's capital city! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and established:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon! Rebuild it! Restore Sihon's city!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say: Come to Heshbon and let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be established!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />That is why the poets say: ?Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore those using allegories say: “Enter Heshbon, "" Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> therefore those using similes say -- 'Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this they will say, using parables, Come ye to Heshbon; the city of Sihon shall be built and prepared.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />About this, it is said in the proverb: “Enter into Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be established and built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon’s city be firmly constructed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore they say in the proverbs. Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, they were saying in a parable: “Enter Kheshbon, built and established the city of Sihon.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! Let the city of Sihon be built and established!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/21-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=6738" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">The Defeat of Sihon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">That is why</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4911.htm" title="4911: ham·mō·šə·lîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- Denominative from mashal; to liken, i.e. to use figurative language; intransitively, to resemble.">the poets</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">say:</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">“Come</a> <a href="/hebrew/2809.htm" title="2809: ḥeš·bō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A place E. of the Jordan. The same as cheshbown; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan.">to Heshbon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: tib·bā·neh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">let it be rebuilt;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">let the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5511.htm" title="5511: sî·ḥō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- A king of the Amorites. Or Ciychon; from the same as Cuwach; tempestuous; Sichon, an Amoritish king.">of Sihon</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: wə·ṯik·kō·w·nên (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">be restored.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/11-12.htm">Judges 11:12-28</a></span><br />Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?” / The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.” / Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Deuteronomy 2:24-37</a></span><br />“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.” / So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a></span><br />This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1-47</a></span><br />Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. / There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. / A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-8.htm">Psalm 60:8</a></span><br />Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-9.htm">Psalm 108:9</a></span><br />Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6-14</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty. / Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken. / For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Jeremiah 49:1-6</a></span><br />Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities? / Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD. / Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">2 Kings 3:4-27</a></span><br />Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. / But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. / So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a></span><br />David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/18-2.htm">1 Chronicles 18:2</a></span><br />David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-24</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Numbers 21:14</a></b></br> Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4</a></b></br> That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a></b></br> Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth <i>that which is</i> not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Building</a> <a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Built</a> <a href="/numbers/21-26.htm">City</a> <a href="/numbers/20-24.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-46.htm">Established</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Heshbon</a> <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Makers</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Making</a> <a href="/luke/8-11.htm">Parables</a> <a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Poets</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/john/16-25.htm">Proverbs</a> <a href="/numbers/16-1.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-16.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/numbers/14-39.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/numbers/21-26.htm">Sihon</a> <a href="/luke/8-10.htm">Similes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/numbers/20-8.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/numbers/19-9.htm">Use</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Using</a> <a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/32-24.htm">Building</a> <a href="/numbers/23-14.htm">Built</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">City</a> <a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Established</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Heshbon</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm">Makers</a> <a href="/numbers/22-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/psalms/78-2.htm">Parables</a> <a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Poets</a> <a href="/numbers/23-4.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-32.htm">Proverbs</a> <a href="/numbers/22-21.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/numbers/32-37.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/numbers/24-4.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Sihon</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-32.htm">Similes</a> <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/numbers/22-8.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/24-18.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Use</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Using</a> <a href="/numbers/22-32.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-13.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-7.htm">They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-10.htm">Various journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Sihon is overcome</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">And Og</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, poets often played a role in preserving history and culture through oral tradition. This indicates the importance of the events surrounding Heshbon and Sihon in Israel's history.<p><b>“Come to Heshbon,</b><br>Heshbon was a significant city in the region of Moab, located east of the Jordan River. It was strategically important due to its location on the King's Highway, a major trade route. The call to "come to Heshbon" suggests an invitation to witness or participate in the rebuilding of a city that had been conquered and destroyed.<p><b>let it be rebuilt;</b><br>The rebuilding of Heshbon signifies restoration and renewal. In the biblical narrative, rebuilding often symbolizes God's provision and the establishment of His people in a promised land. This reflects the broader theme of God enabling His people to reclaim and restore what was lost or destroyed.<p><b>let the city of Sihon be restored.</b><br>Sihon was the Amorite king who ruled over Heshbon before being defeated by the Israelites. The restoration of the city underlines the transition of power from the Amorites to the Israelites. This victory is seen as a fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan. The restoration also prefigures the ultimate restoration and redemption found in Jesus Christ, who conquers sin and death to restore humanity to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/poets.htm">Poets</a></b><br>The verse references poets or those who recite proverbs, indicating a cultural practice of recording and celebrating historical events through poetry or song.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/heshbon.htm">Heshbon</a></b><br>A significant city in the region, originally a Moabite city, which became the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. It symbolizes conquest and victory in this context.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sihon.htm">Sihon</a></b><br>The Amorite king who captured Heshbon from the Moabites. His defeat by the Israelites is a pivotal event in their journey to the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a></b><br>A group of ancient people living in the land of Canaan, often in conflict with the Israelites. Their defeat represents God's provision and faithfulness to Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, led by Moses, who are journeying to the Promised Land. Their victory over Sihon is a testament to God's promise and power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_fulfillment_of_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness in Fulfillment of Promises</a></b><br>The victory over Sihon and the Amorites is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Israel. Believers can trust in God's promises and His timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_testimony_and_remembrance.htm">The Power of Testimony and Remembrance</a></b><br>The use of poetry to commemorate victories serves as a reminder of God's past faithfulness. Christians are encouraged to remember and share testimonies of God's work in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare_and_victory.htm">Spiritual Warfare and Victory</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced physical battles, believers face spiritual battles. Victory comes through reliance on God's strength and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' success was contingent on their obedience to God's commands. Obedience to God's Word is crucial for experiencing His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The defeat of Sihon illustrates God's sovereignty over all nations and leaders. Believers can find peace in knowing that God is in control of world events.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_defeat_of_sihon.htm">Numbers 21:23-24 - Is there any archaeological or historical corroboration for Israel's defeat of King Sihon and the confiscation of his territory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_inheritance_rules_change.htm">Numbers 27:1-11 compared to Deuteronomy 21:15-17: Why do inheritance rules seem to evolve, potentially contradicting the idea of unchanging divine law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_limited_evidence_of_divine_acts.htm">In Psalm 135:10-11, God is said to have struck down nations (including Sihon and Og)--why is there limited archaeological evidence of such direct divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_sihon_and_og's_defeats_confirmed.htm">Psalm 136:19-20 records the defeat of Sihon and Og; do nonbiblical sources confirm these conquests, or could they be mythological exaggerations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27-30) <span class= "bld">Come into Heshbon.--</span>These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the Israelites over the Amorites. They may be rendered thus:--<p>"<span class= "ital">Come ye to Heshbon!<p>Let the city of Sihon be built up and restored!<p>For a fire went out from Heshbon--<p>A flame from the city of Sihon:<p>It devoured Ar </span>(<span class= "ital">or, the city</span>)<span class= "ital"> of Moab--<p>The lords of the high places of Arnon.<p>Woe to thee, Moab!</span><p><span class= "ital">Thou art perished, O people of Chemosh: </span><p><span class= "ital">He </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., Chemosh</span>)<span class= "ital"> gave up his sons as fugitives,</span><p><span class= "ital">And his daughters into captivity,</span><p><span class= "ital">Unto Sihon, the King of the Amorites. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They that speak in proverbs.</span> <span class="hebrew">הַמָּשְׁלִים</span>. <span class="accented">Septuagint</span>, <span class="greek">οἰ αἰνιγματισταί</span>. A class of persons well marked among the Hebrews, as perhaps in all ancient countries. It was their gift, and almost their profession, to express in the sententious, antistrophic poetry of the age such thoughts or such facts as took hold of men's minds. At a time when there was little difference between poetry and rhetoric, and when the distinction was hardly drawn between the inventive faculty of man and the Divine afflatus, it is not surprising to find the word <span class="accented">mashal</span> applied to the rhapsody of Balsam (<a href="/numbers/23-7.htm">Numbers 23:7</a>), to the "taunting song" of Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4</a>), to the "riddle" of Ezekiel (<a href="/ezekiel/17-2.htm">Ezekiel 17:2</a>), as well as to the collection of earthly and heavenly wisdom in the Book of Proverbs. That which follows is a taunting song, most like to the one cited from Isaiah, the archaic character of which is marked by its strongly antithetic form and abrupt transitions, as well as by the peculiarity of some of the words. <span class="cmt_word">Come to Heshbon.</span> This may be ironically addressed to the Amorites, lately so victorious, now so overthrown; or, possibly, it may be intended to express the jubilation of the Amorites themselves in the day of their pride. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/21-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">That is why</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the poets</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mō·šə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4911.htm">Strong's 4911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">say:</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמְר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Come</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֣אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Heshbon,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥeš·bō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2809.htm">Strong's 2809: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heshbon -- a place East of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let it be rebuilt;</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבָּנֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(tib·bā·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let the city</span><br /><span class="heb">עִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sihon</span><br /><span class="heb">סִיחֽוֹן׃</span> <span class="translit">(sî·ḥō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5511.htm">Strong's 5511: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sihon -- a king of the Amorites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be restored.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯik·kō·w·nên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/21-27.htm">OT Law: Numbers 21:27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/21-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 21:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/21-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 21:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>