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Numbers 21:15

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13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.

14 Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

16 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.”

17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

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BSB
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
KJV
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
WEB
the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
ASV
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
DARBY
And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
BLB
and the slope of the brooks that reaches to the dwelling of Ar and lies on the border of Moab.”
ÅB
og bekkelien som strekker seg bort til Ar-bygden og støter til Moabs grense.
OTB
og skråningene av dalene som strekker seg til stedet Ar og ligger langs grensen til Moab.»
B1930
og bekkelien som strekker sig bort til Ar-bygden og støter til Moabs grense.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 21:28

    For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:18

    “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:9

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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  • Deuteronomy 2:29

    just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

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  • Isaiah 15:1

    This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

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