Numbers 21:15

The stones of the torrents were bent, so that they might rest in Ar and lie back within the borders of the Moabites.

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In The King James Version

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

In Context

14About this place, it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord: “As he did at the Red Sea, so will he do at the Torrents of Arnon.”

16Beyond that place appeared a well, about which the Lord said to Moses: “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

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Cross References

Numbers 21:28A fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon, and it has devoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon.

Deuteronomy 2:18‘Today, you shall cross the borders of Moab, at the city named Ar.

Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:11-21

The Removal of the Camp. ( b. c. 1452.) 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13 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. 14 Wherefore it is… Read the whole commentary →

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