Numbers 21:29

Woe to thee, Moav! 1 Thou art undone, O people of Kemosh; 1 he hath given his banim as fugitives, 1 and his banot, captives 1 unto Sichon Melech Emori. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

In Context

28For there is a fire gone out of Cheshbon, 1 a flame from the city of Sichon; 1 it hath consumed Ar of Moav, 1 and citizens of the heights of Arnon. 1

30Down we have cast them; 1 Cheshbon is perished even unto Divon, 1 and we have laid them waste even unto Nophach, 1 which reacheth unto Medeva.

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Cross References

Judges 11:24Wilt not thou possess that which Kemosh eloheicha giveth thee to possess? So whatever Hashem Eloheinu shall take possession of before us, that will we possess.

1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoret elohei Tzidonim, Kemosh elohei Moav, and Milkom elohei Bnei Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is yashar in Mine eyes, and My chukkot and My mishpatim, as did Dovid Aviv.

Isaiah 15:5My lev shall cry out for Moav; 1 his fugitives shall flee unto Tzoar, 1 and Eglat-Shelishiyah; 1 for by the Ascent of Luchit 1 with bekhi (weeping) shall they go up; 1 for on the Derech Choronayim 1 they shall raise up a lament because of destruction. 1

Jeremiah 48:7For because thou hast trusted 1 in thy ma'asim (works) and in thy otzarot, 1 thou shalt also be captured; 1 and Kemosh shall go forth into Golus 1 with his kohanim and his sarim together. 1

Jeremiah 48:45They that fled stood under the tzel (shadow) 1 of Cheshbon without ko'ach; 1 for an eish shall come forth out of Cheshbon, 1 and a flame from the midst of Sichon, 1 and shall devour the forehead of Moav, 1 and the crown of the head of the bnei sha'on (sons of tumult). 1

1 Corinthians 8:4Now concerning the eating of the okhel (food) at the mizbe'ach of avodah zarah which is sacrificed to an elil (idol), we have da'as that an elil is nothing in the world, and that there is no G-d but ECHAD. + 8:4 Dt 4:35,39; 6:4

Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:22-35

Sihon and Og Overthrown. ( b. c. 1452.) 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against… Read the whole commentary →

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