Numbers 21:15

And the spring of the brooks, Which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, And hath leaned to the border of Moab.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

14therefore it is said in a book, 'The wars of Jehovah,' — 'Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon;

16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer; it [is] the well [concerning] which Jehovah said to Moses, 'Gather the people, and I give to them — water.'

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Cross References

Numbers 21:28For fire hath gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, Owners of the high places of Arnon.

Deuteronomy 2:18Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,

Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in a night destroyed was Ar of Moab — It hath been cut off, Because in a night destroyed was Kir of Moab — It hath been cut off.

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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