Numbers 21:15

_AND AT THE STREAM OF THE BROOKS THAT GOETH DOWN TO THE DWELLING OF AR, AND LIETH UPON THE BORDER OF MOAB._ And at the stream of the brooks х_ Wª'ESHED_ (H793) _ HANªCHAALIYM_ (H5158)] - and at the pouring out of the torrents; i:e., the ravines of the mountains, through which the torrents issuing upon the plains or valleys, contribute by their confluence to form the Arnon (Mojib). 'The principal source of this river is not far from Kutraneh. About an hour eastward from the bridge it receives the waters of the Nahaliel or Lejum, which flow from the northeast in a deep channel. The Lejum receives the small brook Seil-el-Mekhreys, and then the Bahm' (Burckhardt's 'Travels'). The streams (torrents) of Arnon, therefore, refer to the Lejum and its tributaries. At the point of their confluence there is a level and extensive tract of rich meadow land, in the center of w

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 forward." It were well if we did thus; and the nearer we come to heaven, were so much the more active and abundant in the work of the Lord. The wonderful success God granted to his people, is here spoken of, and, among the rest, their actions on the river Arnon, at Vaheb in Suphah, and other places on that river. In every stage of our lives, nay, in every step, we should notice what God has wrought for us; what he did at such a time, and what in such a place, ought to be distinctly remembered. God blessed his people with a supply of water. When we come to heaven, we shall remove to the well of life, the fountain of living waters. They received it with joy and thankfulness, which made the mercy dou...

TO THE DWELLING OF AR - Ar (compare Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1) was on the bank of the Arnon, lower down the stream than where the Israelites crossed. Near the spot where the upper Arnon receives the tributary Nahaliel Numbers 21:19, there rises, in the midst of the meadow-land between the two torrents, a hill covered with the ruins of the ancient city (Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16; compare Deuteronomy 2:36)....

EXPOSITION THE END OF JOURNEYS, THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES (Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1). NUMBERS 21:10 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SET FORWARD, and pitched in Oboth. In the list of Numbers 33:1, there occur two other stations, Zahnonah and Phunon, between Mount Hor and Oboth. Phunon may be the Pinou of Genesis 36:41, but it is a mere conjecture. All we

AND AT THE STREAM OF THE BROOKS THAT GOETH DOWN TO THE DWELLING OF AR,.... All that part of the country which lay upon the stream, as far as the city of Ar, the metropolis of Moab, called Ar of Moab, Isaiah 15:1, AND LIETH UPON THE BORDER OF MOAB; as that city did; so far goes the quotation out of the aforesaid book, as a proof of what was taken by the Amorites from the Moabites, and were not in their possession when Israel were upon their borders; and therefore, in taking them from the Amorites, did no wrong to Moab....

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 again (Numbers 21:10) 5. Sihon and Og (Numbers 21:21) The first victory is here recorded. The Lord delivered Canaanites into the hands of Israel, and according to their vow they utterly destroyed them and their cities. But in spite of this victory the people became again discouraged because of the w

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 Hor and Oboth. NUMBERS 21:10 F. OBOTH. IYE-ABARIM: both unknown. BEFORE MOAB: _i.e._ E. of Moab. Numbers 21:12. the valley of Zered: probably the Wâ dy el Ahsa at the SE. angle of the Dead Sea. Numbers 21:13. the other s

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 which fall to the Dead Sea. Notice that the formula used in the itinerary has changed; in Numbers 21:10 it is -and they journeyed from and encamped in," as throughout ch. 33; but here it is -from thence they journeyed, and encamped in," or some shorter expression. On the whole of this section see G. A. Smith, _Hist. Geogr._557 66, and his article -Moab" in _Enc. Bibl.[Note: nc. Bibl. Encyclopaedia Biblica.]_ __...

WHEREFORE, &C.— _Wherefore mention is made in the story of the wars of the Lord, in Vaheb in Supha, and of the brooks of Arnon,—and of the stream,_ &c. (Carpz. Introd. part 1: p. 124. Wat.) This version of Dr. Waterland gives us the most intelligible account of the present obscure passage. Le Clerc gives nearly the same sense. _By the wars of the Lord,_ he understands the wars of the Israelites, who fought under the banner and protection of Jehovah; and instead of _book,_ he translates too, with most of the Jewish doctors, _the narration;_ so that, according to him, the whole verse runs thus: wherefore, in the narration of the wars of the Lord, there is [or shall be] mention of Vaheb in Supha, and of the brooks of Arnon; meaning, that these places shall be recorded in the Jewish history, as the beginning of their conquests, which, as to _Arnon,_ is unquestionably true. See...

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 before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12. And 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 said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15. And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16. And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 1