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Brenton's Septuagint

Numbers 21:16

And thence they came to the well; this is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Wells;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beer;   Canaanites;   Serpents;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beer;   Beer-Elim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beer;   Meribah;   Well;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beer;   Beer-Elim;   Gift, Giving;   Well;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jephthah;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arnon ;   Beer ;   Moab, Moabites ;   Wanderings of the Israelites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Beer-elim;   Wells;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Be'er;   Be-Er-E'lim;   Mo'ses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beer;   Moses;   Wanderings of Israel;   Well;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Beer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beer Elim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
From there [they journeyed] to Be'er: that is the well whereof the LORD said to Moshe, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
From there they went to Beer, which is the water well where Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Gather the people, that I may give them water."
English Standard Version
And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so that I may give them water."
New Century Version
The Israelites went from there to Beer; a well is there where the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water."
New English Translation
And from there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water."
Amplified Bible
From there the Israelites went on to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together and I will give them water."
New American Standard Bible
From there they continued to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.
Legacy Standard Bible
And from there they continued to Beer, that is the well where Yahweh said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water."
Contemporary English Version
From the Arnon, the Israelites went to the well near the town of Beer, where the Lord had said to Moses, "Call the people together, and I will give them water to drink."
Complete Jewish Bible
From there they went on to Be'er [well]; that is the well about which Adonai said to Moshe, "Assemble the people, and I will give them water."
Darby Translation
And from thence to Beer: that is the well of which Jehovah spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites left that place and traveled to Beer. There is a well in Beer, where the Lord said to Moses, "Bring the people together here, and I will give them water."
George Lamsa Translation
And there is the Bera; that is, the well of which the LORD said to Moses, Gather the people together and I will give them water.
Good News Translation
From there they went on to a place called Wells, where the Lord said to Moses, "Bring the people together, and I will give them water."
Christian Standard Bible®
From there they went to Beer, the well the Lord told Moses about, “Gather the people so I may give them water.”
Literal Translation
And from there they went to Beer; that is the well of which Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying , Gather the people and I will give water to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And from thence they came to the well. This is the well, wherof the LORDE spake vnto Moses: gather the people together, I wil geue them water.
American Standard Version
And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Bible in Basic English
From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
From thence [they returned] vnto Beer: The same is the well wherof the Lord spake vnto Moyses: Gather the people together, and I will geue them water.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And from thence to Beer; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'
King James Version (1611)
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake vnto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will giue them water.
English Revised Version
And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Berean Standard Bible
From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people so that I may give them water."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Fro that place the pit apperide, of which the Lord spak to Moyses, Gadere thou the puple, and Y schal yyue watir to it.
Young's Literal Translation
And 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.'
Update Bible Version
And from there [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Webster's Bible Translation
And from thence [they went] to Beer: that [is] the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water.
World English Bible
From there [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
New King James Version
From there they went to Beer, which is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
New Living Translation
From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, "Assemble the people, and I will give them water."
New Life Bible
From there they went on to Beer. That is the well where the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so I may give them water."
New Revised Standard
From there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And from thence, towards Beer, - the same, is the well whereof Yahweh said unto Moses, Gather together the people, that I may give them water.
Douay-Rheims Bible
When they went from that place, the well appeared whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Revised Standard Version
And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
THE MESSAGE
They went on to Beer (The Well), where God said to Moses, "Gather the people; I'll give them water." That's where Israel sang this song: Erupt, Well! Sing the Song of the Well, the well sunk by princes, Dug out by the peoples' leaders digging with their scepters and staffs.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From there they continued to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water."

Contextual Overview

10 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth. 11 And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east. 12 And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared. 13 And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks of Arnon. 15 And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab. 16 And thence they came to the well; this is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink. 17 Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin to sing of the well; 18 the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain, 19 and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab as seen from the top of the quarried rock that looks toward the wilderness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Beer: Judges 9:21

Gather: Numbers 20:8, Exodus 17:6, Isaiah 12:3, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 43:20, Isaiah 49:10, John 4:10, John 4:14, John 7:37-39, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:3 - General Psalms 107:35 - turneth

Cross-References

Genesis 27:38
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
Genesis 29:11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.
Genesis 44:34
For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.
Judges 2:4
And it came to pass when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:9
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
1 Samuel 24:16
The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.
1 Samuel 30:4
And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.
1 Kings 3:26
And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.
Esther 8:6
For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?
Isaiah 49:15
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And from thence they went to Beer,.... A place so called from a well which sprung up here, of which the following account is given:

that is, the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses; promising him to give it to the children of Israel, without asking for it; which was a very singular favour, and for which they were thankful: saying to him,

gather the people together, and I will give them water; for as they were now gone from the river Arnon, and the streams and brooks of it, they might be in want of water, though they did not murmur as they had been used to do; and without their petition for it, the Lord promises to give it to them; and that they might be witness of the miracle that would be wrought for them, they are ordered to be gathered together.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beer is probably the “Well,” afterward known as Beer-elim, the “well of heroes” Isaiah 15:8.


 
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