Numbers 21:17

Then the Israelites sang this song: “Pour out water, well! Everyone of you sing to it!

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16From there they moved on to Beer, the well where the Lord told Moses, “Have the people gather together so I can give them water.”

18The tribal chiefs dug the well; yes the leaders of the people dug the well with their rods of authority and their walking sticks.” The Israelites left the desert and carried on to Mattanah.

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Cross References

Judges 5:1That day Deborah and Barak, son of Abinoam, sang this song:

Psalms 106:12Then his people trusted in what he promised, and sang his praises.

Isaiah 12:5Sing to the Lord for all the glorious things he's done—let the whole world know!

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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