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Numbers 21:18

Mattanah

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:

The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

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BSB
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
KJV
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
WEB
the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
ASV
The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah;
DARBY
Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at [the word of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah;
BLB
The princes dug the well, the nobles of the nation hollowed it out by the lawgiver, by their staffs.” And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah,
ÅB
Du brønn som høvdinger har gravd, som folkets ypperste har boret med herskerstav, med sine kongespir! Fra ørkenen brøt de opp til Matana
OTB
Brønnen, som lederne gravde, som folkets fornemme hullete ut med septer og staver.» Deretter dro de fra ørkenen til Mattana,
B1930
Du brønn som høvdinger har gravd, som folkets ypperste har boret med herskerstav, med sine kongespir! Fra ørkenen brøt de op til Matana

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 33:22

    For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:4

    Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:31

    But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

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  • James 4:12

    There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

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  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:17–18

    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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  • 2 Chronicles 17:7–9

    Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

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  • Nehemiah 3:1

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

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