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Numbers 21:15

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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,

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 whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto 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 there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:18

    Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

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  • Deuteronomy 2:9

    And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:29

    (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

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  • Isaiah 15:1

    The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

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