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The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nlt/numbers/21.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites. <a href="/esv/numbers/21.htm">English Standard Version</a> From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. <a href="/kjv/numbers/21.htm">King James Bible</a> From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/21.htm">New King James Version</a> From there they moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nasb_/numbers/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nasb/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nasb77/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/lsb/numbers/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/amp/numbers/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> From there they journeyed on and camped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/csb/numbers/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/hcsb/numbers/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/asv/numbers/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/cev/numbers/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> After that, they crossed the Arnon River gorge and camped in the Moabite desert bordering Amorite territory. The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. <a href="/erv/numbers/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> From thence they journeyed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/gwt/numbers/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They moved from there and set up camp on the other side of the Arnon Valley in the desert that extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon Valley is the border between Moab and the Amorites.) <a href="/gnt/numbers/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> From there they moved again and camped on the north side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness which extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.) <a href="/isv/numbers/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/msb/numbers/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. <a href="/net/numbers/21.htm">NET Bible</a> From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nheb/numbers/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> From there they traveled, and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/wbt/numbers/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/web/numbers/21.htm">World English Bible</a> From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> From there they have journeyed and encamp beyond Arnon, which [is] in the wilderness which is coming out of the border of the Amorite, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite; <a href="/ylt/numbers/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> From thence they have journeyed, and encamp beyond Arnon, which is in the wilderness which is coming out of the border of the Amorite, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite; <a href="/slt/numbers/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From thence they removed, and they will encamp from the other side of Amon, which is in the desert coming forth from the boundary of the Amorites: for Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and between the Amorites.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Which they left and encamped over against Arnon, which is in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorrhites. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Having left that place behind, they then made camp opposite Arnon, which is in the desert, and which juts out at the borders of the Amorite. For certainly Arnon is at the limit of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorites. <a href="/nabre/numbers/21.htm">New American Bible</a> Moving on from there, they encamped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the territory of the Amorites; for the Arnon forms Moab’s boundary, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> From there they set out, and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And from there they moved and camped at the crossing of Arnon in the wilderness that goes out from the border of the Amorites because the Arnon is Moab's border, between the Moabites and the Amorites.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> From thence they journeyed, and pitched on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites.--For Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites; <a href="/sep/numbers/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <a href="/parallel/numbers/21-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=6611" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">The Journey to Moab</a> …12From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. 13<a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">From there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: nā·sā·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">they moved on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">and camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/5676.htm" title="5676: mê·‘ê·ḇer (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Region across or beyond, side. From abar; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially on the opposite side.">on the other side</a> <a href="/hebrew/769.htm" title="769: ’ar·nō·wn (N-proper) -- Or Arnon; from ranan; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory.">of the Arnon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hay·yō·ṣê (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">that extends</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">into the Amorite</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: mig·gə·ḇūl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">territory.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/769.htm" title="769: ’ar·nō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Or Arnon; from ranan; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory.">the Arnon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇūl (N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">is the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">the Moabites</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">the Amorites.</a> 14Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Deuteronomy 2:9</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” <a href="/judges/11-18.htm">Judges 11:18</a> Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border. <a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Deuteronomy 2:18-19</a> “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. / But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” <a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Deuteronomy 2:24</a> “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. <a href="/deuteronomy/2-26.htm">Deuteronomy 2:26-37</a> So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, / “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left. / You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot, ... <a href="/joshua/13-9.htm">Joshua 13:9</a> The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, <a href="/joshua/13-16.htm">Joshua 13:16</a> The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba, <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a> 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. ... <a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1-47</a> 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!’ ... <a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1</a> 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. <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a> And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, <a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a> For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a> Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a> For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-11</a> For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. / There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>From there they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.<a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Numbers 21:14</a> 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,<a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Numbers 22:36</a> And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.<a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Deuteronomy 2:24</a> Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/20-23.htm">Alongside</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Arnon</a> <a href="/numbers/20-23.htm">Border</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Boundary</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/exodus/10-19.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/20-23.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Extending</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm">Extends</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-12.htm">Line</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-27.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/numbers/20-21.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">Alongside</a> <a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Arnon</a> <a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Border</a> <a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Boundary</a> <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/numbers/32-33.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/numbers/31-19.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-16.htm">Extending</a> <a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Extends</a> <a href="/numbers/21-16.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/numbers/26-11.htm">Line</a> <a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/numbers/21-23.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/numbers/21-16.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 21</div>1. <a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah</a> 4. <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents</a> 7. <a href="/numbers/21-7.htm">They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent</a> 10. <a href="/numbers/21-10.htm">Various journeys of the Israelites</a> 21. <a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Sihon is overcome</a> 33. <a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">And Og</a> </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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It reflects their nomadic lifestyle during the Exodus, as they followed God's guidance toward the Promised Land. This movement is part of the larger narrative of Israel's 40-year journey, highlighting their reliance on divine direction.and camped on the other side of the Arnon The Arnon River is a significant geographical marker in the biblical narrative. It served as a natural boundary and was located east of the Dead Sea. Camping on the other side of the Arnon signifies a strategic position as the Israelites prepared to enter territories occupied by other nations. This location marks a transition point in their journey, as they were moving closer to the land promised to them by God.in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory The wilderness mentioned here is a desolate area that bordered the land of the Amorites. The Amorites were a powerful group known for their fortified cities and military strength. This phrase sets the stage for the upcoming conflicts between the Israelites and the Amorites, as recorded in the subsequent verses. It also underscores the challenges the Israelites faced as they approached the land God had promised them.Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites This statement provides important geographical and political context. The Arnon River served as a boundary line, separating the territories of the Moabites and the Amorites. The Moabites were descendants of Lot, Abraham's nephew, and had a complex relationship with Israel. Understanding these borders is crucial for comprehending the territorial disputes and alliances that shaped the region's history. This boundary also highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to give Israel a land of their own, distinct from the surrounding nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of God, led by Moses, journeying through the wilderness towards the Promised Land. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_arnon_river.htm">The Arnon River</a> A significant geographical boundary mentioned in the text, marking the border between Moab and the Amorite territory. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a> A region and people descended from Lot, often in conflict with Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_amorites.htm">The Amorites</a> A group of ancient people living in the land that Israel was to pass through, often seen as adversaries to Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The area through which the Israelites traveled, representing both physical and spiritual challenges.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_boundaries.htm">Understanding Boundaries</a> The Arnon River as a boundary teaches us about respecting God-ordained limits in our lives. Just as Israel recognized territorial boundaries, we must recognize spiritual and moral boundaries set by God. <a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_guidance.htm">Trusting God's Guidance</a> The Israelites' journey through the wilderness reminds us to trust in God's guidance even when the path is difficult or unclear. God leads us through our own "wilderness" experiences. <a href="/topical/f/facing_adversaries_with_faith.htm">Facing Adversaries with Faith</a> The presence of the Amorites as adversaries encourages us to face our own challenges with faith, knowing that God is with us and will provide victory in His time. <a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_spiritual_lessons.htm">Historical Context and Spiritual Lessons</a> Understanding the historical context of Israel's journey helps us draw spiritual lessons for our own lives, emphasizing the importance of obedience and reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 21</a> <a href="/q/what_does_seeking_god's_face_mean.htm">What events are chronicled in the Wars of the Lord?</a> <a href="/q/is_shaharaim's_moab_claim_verifiable.htm">In 1 Chronicles 8:8, how historically or archaeologically verifiable is the claim that Shaharaim fathered children in Moab? </a> <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> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_moabite_seduction_claim.htm">Numbers 25:1-3: How do we reconcile the claim of widespread Moabite seduction with the lack of archaeological or historical evidence for such an event?</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>(13) On the other side of Arnon.--Better, by the side of the Arnon. (Comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm" title="Rise you up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.">Deuteronomy 2:24</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/2-26.htm" title="And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,">Deuteronomy 2:26</a>.) The Hebrew word which is here used does not determine on which side of the Arnon the encampment was. (Comp. <a href="/numbers/22-1.htm" title="And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.">Numbers 22:1</a>, and Note.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Pitched on the other side of Arnon. The Arnon was without doubt the stream or torrent now known as the Wady Mojeb, which breaks its way down to the Salt Sea through a precipitous ravine. It must have been in the upper part of its course, in the desert uplands, that the Israelites crossed it; and this both because the passage lower down is extremely difficult, and also because they were keeping well to the eastward of Moabitish territory up to this point. It is not certain which side of the stream is intended by "the other side," because the force of these expressions depends as often upon the point of view of the writer as of the reader. It would appear from <a href="/deuteronomy/2-26.htm">Deuteronomy 2:26</a> that Israel remained at this spot until the embassage to Sihon had returned. That cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites, i.e., the Aruon, or perhaps one of its confluents which comes down from the northeast. For Arnon is the border of Moab. It was at that time the boundary (see on verse 26). <a href="/commentaries/numbers/21-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>From there מִשָּׁם֮ (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither they moved on נָסָעוּ֒ (nā·sā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey and camped וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ (way·ya·ḥă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp on the other side מֵעֵ֤בֶר (mê·‘ê·ḇer) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5676.htm">Strong's 5676: </a> A region across, on the opposite side of the Arnon, אַרְנוֹן֙ (’ar·nō·wn) Noun - proper <a href="/hebrew/strongs_769.htm">Strong's 769: </a> Arnon -- 'a roaring stream', a wadi and stream in Moab in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech that extends הַיֹּצֵ֖א (hay·yō·ṣê) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim into the Amorite הָֽאֱמֹרִ֑י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe territory. מִגְּב֣וּל‪‬ (mig·gə·ḇūl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed Now כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the Arnon אַרְנוֹן֙ (’ar·nō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_769.htm">Strong's 769: </a> Arnon -- 'a roaring stream', a wadi and stream in Moab is the border גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed between בֵּ֥ין (bên) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between the Moabites מוֹאָ֖ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled and וּבֵ֥ין (ū·ḇên) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between the Amorites. הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/21-13.htm">Numbers 21:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/21-13.htm">OT Law: Numbers 21:13 From there they traveled and encamped (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/21-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 21:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/21-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 21:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:14" /></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>