George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Numbers 21:20
Desert. Hebrew and Chaldean, "Yeshimon," (Josue xiii. 28; Ezechiel xxv. 9,) a city of the Moabites.
Desert. Hebrew and Chaldean, "Yeshimon," (Josue xiii. 28; Ezechiel xxv. 9,) a city of the Moabites.
IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB - Rather, in the field of Moab: the upland pastures, or flat downs, intersected by the ravine of Wady Waleh. PISGAH, WHICH LOOKETH TOWARD JESHIMON - Or, “toward the waste.” See...
CHAPTER 21 Murmuring and Conquest _ 1. Opposition of King Arad (Numbers 21:1)_ 2. Murmuring and the fiery serpents (Numbers 21:4) 3. The serpent of brass (Numbers 21:8) 4. Journeying and singing
AN ITINERARY. This continues Numbers 21:4 (and they journeyed from Mount Hor), but the immediate place of departure in Numbers 21:10 is omitted. In Numbers 33:42 f. two stations are inserted between H...
COUNTRY. field. JESHIMON. the wilderness....
Numbers 21:12. J E The Israelites arrived at a spot on the S.E. border of Moab, and then, having travelled northwards along its eastern boundary, penetrated westward till they reached the cliffs whic...
_the valley that is in the_ REGION _of Moab_, [om. _to the top of_ THE _Pisgah_ The two expressions are placed somewhat awkwardly in apposition; but they appear to mean: the valley which is in that pa...
TO THE TOP OF PISGAH— Houbigant renders this, _Ras-pisgah,_ supposing the whole a proper name; which, says he, in so uncertain a matter, seems the safest: for, from the context, it sufficiently appear...
G. BYPASSING MOAB vv. 10-20 TEXT Numbers 21:10. 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 b...
_AND FROM BAMOTH IN THE VALLEY, THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB, TO THE TOP OF PISGAH, WHICH LOOKETH TOWARD JESHIMON._ Bamoth, х_ UWMI-BAAMOWT_ (H1120) _ HAGAYª'_ (H1516)] - heights or high places in...
THE BRAZEN SERPENT. CONQUEST OF BASHAN 1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed....
JESHIMON] rather, 'the Jeshimon,' the plain lying to the NE. of the Dead Sea. 21-30. Conquest of the Amorites and Song of Triumph....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE *CANAANITES – NUMBERS 21:1-3 V1 The king of Arad lived in the southern part of t
AND FROM BAMOTH IN THE VALLEY. — Better, _and from Bamoth to the valley that is_... The _country_ (or, rather, _field_) of Moab was a portion of the table-land which stretches from Rabbath Ammân to th...
וּ מִ בָּמֹ֗ות הַ גַּיְא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בִּ
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after the return...
THE BRAZEN SERPENT; JOURNEYING TO PISGAH Numbers 21:1 It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse the lon...
The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
Here we are come to the end of Moses' journey; for from the heights of Pisgah, he was permitted to see, but not go over, to the promised land. Deuteronomy 34:1. It is somewhat singular, but worthy to...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
The question is not here to conduct the people with patience through the wilderness, where the flesh manifested itself; but there are enemies and difficulties to be met; for there are difficulties dis...
AND FROM BAMOTH, [IN] THE VALLEY,.... Or rather "to the valley", as the Targum of Onkelos, since Bamoth signifies high places; though, according to the Jerusalem Talmud o, Bamoth, Baal, which seems to...
_Pisgah_ This was the top of those high hills of _Abarim._...
1 Israel with some losse destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sundry iourneyes of the Israel...
and from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. So they reached the wide valley which is in the fields of Moab, a plateau which on t...
FROM OBOTH TO JESHIMON...
ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took the i...
COUNTRY: _ Heb._ field PISGAH: Or, hill JESHIMON: Or, the wilderness...
10-20 We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near. "They set forwar...
IN THE VALLEY; or, _the valley_, which might be called _Bamoth_, not because it was a place naturally high, but from divers other reasons, which may be easily guessed. Or, _to the valley_, or _to that...
This chapter brings prominently before us the familiar and beautiful ordinance of the brazen Serpent that great evangelical type. "And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compa...
6). JOURNEY FROM OBOTH TO THE PISGAH LOOKING TOWARDS JESHIMON (NUMBERS 21:11). From this point on there is no shortage of water, as they move via the Wadi Zered to the River Arnon. And the abundance o...
CONTENTS: Victories of Israel; the serpent of brass. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Arad, Sihon, Og. CONCLUSION: Those who cry without cause will be given just cause to cry and they will be compelle...
Numbers 21:1. _King Arad;_ that is, Arad king of Arad. _The way of the spies,_ is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render it...
_Spring up, O well._ A SONG OF THE PILGRIMAGE I. The needs of human pilgrimage. 1. How indispensable are the things which we need. 2. How many are the things which we need. 3. How constant are ou...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 21:10 These verses summarize Israel’s passage through the Transjordan, east of the Dead Sea, around the territory of Moab and through the land of the Amorites. Many of the plac...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1. _King Arad the Canaanite_. Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:14), and was situated on a hill called...
EXPOSITION THE END OF JOURNEYS, THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES (Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1)....
Let's turn in our Bibles to Numbers chapter twenty-one. Now the children of Israel have been in the wilderness for about thirty-nine years and they are now beginning to make their move towards the Pro...
Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1; Deuteronomy 4:49;...
Pisgah — This was the top of those high hills of Abarim....