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Numbers 21:15

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Poetry of the Hebrews;   Serpents;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wars of the Lord, the Book of the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Ashdoth Pisgah;   Jasher;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Book(s);   Pentateuch;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ar;   Israel;   Jephthah;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Arnon ;   Moab, Moabites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ar;   Manna;   Moab;   Moses;   Natural Features;   Numbers, Book of;   Stream;   Wanderings of Israel;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Arnon;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The slope of the valleys That inclines toward the dwelling of `Ar, Leans on the border of Mo'av.
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.
Lexham English Bible
and the slope of the wadis that spreads out to the dwelling of Ar and lies at the boundary of Moab."
English Standard Version
and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab."
New Century Version
and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar. These places are at the border of Moab."
New English Translation
and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab."
Amplified Bible
And the slope of the wadis That stretches toward the site of Ar And leans to the border of Moab."
New American Standard Bible
And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of Ar, And leans to the border of Moab."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And at the streame of the riuers yt goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth vpon the border of Moab.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the slope of the wadisThat extends to the site of Ar,And leans to the border of Moab."
Contemporary English Version
with its valleys that lie alongside the Moabite border and extend to the town of Ar.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the slope of the vadis extending as far as the site of ‘Ar, which lie next to the territory of Mo'av."
Darby Translation
And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
Easy-to-Read Version
and the hills by the valleys that lead to the town of Ar. These places are at the border of Moab."
George Lamsa Translation
And he made straight the slope of the valleys which extended to the site of Ad, which lies over the border of Moab.
Good News Translation
and the slope of the valleys that extend to the town of Ar and toward the border of Moab."
Christian Standard Bible®
even the slopes of the ravinesthat extend to the site of Arand lie along the border of Moab.
Literal Translation
and the slope of the torrent-beds that turn down toward the site of Ar, and lean on the border of Moab.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& on the founteyne of the riuer, which boweth downewarde to dwell at Ar, & leaneth theron, to be the border of Moab.
American Standard Version
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
Bible in Basic English
The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And at the streame of the riuers, that goeth downe to the dwellyng of Ar, and lyeth vpon the border of Moab.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab.--
King James Version (1611)
And at the streame of the brookes that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, & lieth vpon the border of Moab.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.
English Revised Version
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
Berean Standard Bible
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the harde rochis of the strondis weren bowid, that tho schulen reste in Arnon, and schulden ligge in the coostis of Moabitis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the spring of the brooks, Which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, And hath leaned to the border of Moab.'
Update Bible Version
And the slope of the valleys that inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, And leans on the border of Moab.
Webster's Bible Translation
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
World English Bible
The slope of the valleys That inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, Leans on the border of Moab.
New King James Version
And the slope of the brooks That reaches to the dwelling of Ar, And lies on the border of Moab."
New Living Translation
and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab."
New Life Bible
and the hill-side of the valleys that goes to the place of Ar, and rests on the side of Moab."
New Revised Standard
and the slopes of the wadis that extend to the seat of Ar, and lie along the border of Moab."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the bottom of the ravines, that extendeth toward the dwelling of Ar, - And adjoineth to the boundary of Moab,
Douay-Rheims Bible
The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
Revised Standard Version
and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of Ar, And leans to the border of Moab."

Contextual Overview

10The People of Israel set out and camped at Oboth. They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab on the east. They went from there and pitched camp in the Zered Valley. Their next camp was alongside the Arnon River, which marks the border between Amorite country and Moab. The Book of the Wars of God refers to this place: Waheb in Suphah, the canyons of Arnon; Along the canyon ravines that lead to the village Ar And lean hard against the border of Moab. 16They 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. 19From the wilderness their route went from Mattanah to Nahaliel to Bamoth (The Heights) to the valley that opens into the fields of Moab from where Pisgah (The Summit) rises and overlooks Jeshimon (Wasteland).

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ar: Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:18, Deuteronomy 2:29, Isaiah 15:1

lieth: Heb. leaneth

Reciprocal: Numbers 20:8 - the rod

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised: Sarah became pregnant and gave Abraham a son in his old age, and at the very time God had set. Abraham named him Isaac. When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.
Genesis 21:14
Abraham got up early the next morning, got some food together and a canteen of water for Hagar, put them on her back and sent her away with the child. She wandered off into the desert of Beersheba. When the water was gone, she left the child under a shrub and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, "I can't watch my son die." As she sat, she broke into sobs.
Genesis 21:22
At about that same time, Abimelech and the captain of his troops, Phicol, spoke to Abraham: "No matter what you do, God is on your side. So swear to me that you won't do anything underhanded to me or any of my family. For as long as you live here, swear that you'll treat me and my land as well as I've treated you."
Genesis 21:25
At the same time, Abraham confronted Abimelech over the matter of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had taken. Abimelech said, "I have no idea who did this; you never told me about it; this is the first I've heard of it."
2 Kings 3:9
The king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom started out on what proved to be a looping detour. After seven days they had run out of water for both army and animals.
Psalms 63:1

A David Psalm, When He Was out in the Judean Wilderness

God—you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
Isaiah 44:12
The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil—such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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).


 
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