Numbers 21:17

Then Israel sang this verse: “Let the well rise up.” They sang:

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In The King James Version

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

In Context

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

18“The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs.”

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Cross References

Judges 5:1In that day, Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, sang out, saying:

Psalms 106:12And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

Isaiah 12:5Sing to the Lord, for he has acted magnificently! Announce it to the whole world!

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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