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Webster's Bible Translation

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.

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.
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

10 And the children of Israel moved forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which [is] before Moab, towards the sun-rising. 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 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 of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sung this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

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
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] to Hagar (putting [it] on her shoulder) and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:
Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that followed them.
Psalms 63:1
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

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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