Numbers 21:29

Woe to you, Moab! 1 You have perished, people of Chemosh. 1 He has made his sons to be fugitives 1 and his daughters to be prisoners 1 of Sihon king of the Amorites. 1

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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

28A fire blazed from Heshbon, 1 a flame from the city of Sihon 1 that devoured Ar of Moab, 1 and the owners of the high places of Arnon. 1

30But we have conquered Sihon. Heshbon is devastated all the way to Dibon. 1 We have defeated them all the way to Nophah, 1 which reaches to Medeba.”

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Cross References

Judges 11:24Will you not take over the land that Chemosh, your god, gives you? So whatever land Yahweh our God has given us, we will take over.

1 Kings 11:33because they have forsaken me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of the people of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my decrees, as did David his father.

Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar and to Eglath Shelishiyah. 1 They go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; 1 on the road to Horonaim they loudly wail over their destruction. 1

Jeremiah 48:7For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. 1 Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders. 1

Jeremiah 48:45The ones who flee will stand in the shadow of Heshbon without any strength, for fire will go out from Heshbon, 1 flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the boastful people. 1

1 Corinthians 8:4So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in this world is nothing and that there is no God but one.

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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