[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Numbers Overview]] [[Numbers 20]] [[Numbers 21]] # Numbers 21 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Victory at Hormah [[#Verse 01.]]  When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner. [[#Verse 02.]] So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”  [[#Verse 03.]] The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah. ### Fiery Serpents [[#Verse 04.]] Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way.  [[#Verse 05.]] And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food.” [[#Verse 06.]] So the Lord sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.  [[#Verse 07.]] Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. [[#Verse 08.]] The Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”  [[#Verse 09.]] So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived. ### The Approach to Moab [[#Verse 10.]]  The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth.  [[#Verse 11.]] Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab on the eastern side.  [[#Verse 12.]] From there they moved on and camped in the valley of Zered.  [[#Verse 13.]] From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.  [[#Verse 14.]] This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon  [[#Verse 15.]] and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.” [[#Verse 16.]] 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.”  [[#Verse 17.]] Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, sing to it! [[#Verse 18.]] The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.” And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;  [[#Verse 19.]] and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;  [[#Verse 20.]] and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wastelands. ### The Victory over Sihon and Og [[#Verse 21.]]  Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, [[#Verse 22.]] “Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”  [[#Verse 23.]] But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. [[#Verse 24.]] But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.  [[#Verse 25.]] So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.  [[#Verse 26.]] For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land from his control, as far as the Arnon. [[#Verse 27.]] That is why those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! [[#Verse 28.]] For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon. [[#Verse 29.]] Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. [[#Verse 30.]] We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.” [[#Verse 31.]] So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites.  [[#Verse 32.]] Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. [[#Verse 33.]] Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.  [[#Verse 34.]] And the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”  [[#Verse 35.]] So they defeated Og, his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, and they possessed his land. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes