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Themes in Numbers 21

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Themes in Numbers 21

Numbers 21:1 (show verse)

The Canaanite king of Arad, who was dwelling [in] the Negev, heard that Israel came [along] the way of Atharim; he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

Arad » A city » A city on the south of canaan
Canaanites » Defeated by the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount hor » Arad conquered
Hormah » A city » A city southwest of the dead sea
Israel » Defeats » Canaanites

Numbers 21:2 (show verse)

Israel made a vow to Yahweh, and they said, "If you will surely give this people into our hand, then we {will destroy} their cities."

Canaanites » Defeated by the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount hor » Arad conquered
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount hor » Called hormah
Hormah » A city » A city southwest of the dead sea
Israel » Defeats » Canaanites
Vows » Examples of
Vows » Recorded in scripture » Of israelites

Numbers 21:3 (show verse)

Yahweh heard the voice of Israel; he gave [to them] the Canaanites, and {they destroyed them} and their cities. They called the name of the place Hormah.

Canaanites » Defeated by the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount hor » Arad conquered
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount hor » Called hormah
Destruction » Example of
Hormah » A city » A city southwest of the dead sea
Israel » Defeats » Canaanites
War » God » Gives the victory in

Numbers 21:4 (show verse)

They set out from Mount Hor [by] the way of the {Red Sea} to go around the land of Edom; but {the people became impatient} along the way.

Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Murmuring of the people
Discouragement » The hardness of the way
Hor » The mountain upon which aaron died
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Mountains » Names of » Hor, aaron's burial place
Red sea » Israelites camp beside
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Complaints
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent

Numbers 21:5 (show verse)

The people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us from Egypt to die in the desert? There is no food and no water, and our hearts detest [this] miserable food."

Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
Blasphemy » Instances of » Of the israelites, in complaining against God
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Murmuring of the people
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Israel » Kings of judah » Murmurings of
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Manna » The israelites » Loathed
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Examples of
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Complaints
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent

Numbers 21:6 (show verse)

And Yahweh sent among the people poisonous snakes; they bit the people, and many people from Israel died.

Anger of God » Exemplified against
Animals » Sent in judgment
Animals » Instruments of God's will
Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
Blasphemy » Instances of » Of the israelites, in complaining against God
Confession of sin » Exemplified
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Fiery serpents sent
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Judgments » Upon the israelites » For complaining
Judgments » Upon nations--exemplified
Manna » The israelites » Punished for loathing
Miracles » Catalogue of » The scourge of serpents
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Plague » On the israelites » Of serpents
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Complaints
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent
Serpent » Fiery (poisonous), sent as a plague upon the israelites
Serpents » Often sent as a punishment

Numbers 21:7 (show verse)

The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh and let him remove the snakes from among us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to confession of sin
Animals » Sent in judgment
Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
Confession of sin » Examples of national
Confession of sin » Exemplified
Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » Complaints » Serpents
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Brazen serpent raised up
Guilt » Israel in the wilderness
intercession » Additional instances of » moses » For israel
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
intercession » Solicited » Instances of » And by the israelites
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Miracles » Catalogue of » The scourge of serpents
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » Complaints
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent
Serpent » Fiery (poisonous), sent as a plague upon the israelites
Sin » Confession of » Examples of national
Sin » Guilt of » Israel in the wilderness
The wicked » Guilt of » Israel in the wilderness

Numbers 21:8 (show verse)

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Make for yourself a snake and place it on a pole. When anyone is bitten and looks at it, that person will live."

Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
The death of Christ » Mode of » Prefigured
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Brazen serpent raised up
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » Brazen serpent
Miracles » Catalogue of » The scourge of serpents
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Moses and aaron: » Healing by brazen serpent
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent
Serpent » The wound of, miraculously healed by looking upon the bronze snake, erected by moses
Serpents » Miracles connected with » Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
Symbols and similitudes » The bronze serpent, of Christ

Numbers 21:9 (show verse)

So Moses made a snake of bronze, and he placed it on the pole; whenever a snake bit someone, and that person looked at the snake of bronze, he lived.

Bible stories for children » How snake bites were healed
Brass » Moses made the serpent of
Brazen serpent » Made by moses for the healing of the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To zalmonah » Brazen serpent raised up
intercession » Answered » That the plague of the fiery serpents would stop
Israel » Scoured » Serpents » Poisonous
Miracles » Catalogue of » The scourge of serpents
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Moses and aaron: » Healing by brazen serpent
Salvation » Typified
Salvation » Illustrated by » Typified by the bronze serpent
Serpent » The wound of, miraculously healed by looking upon the bronze snake, erected by moses
Serpents » Miracles connected with » Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
Symbols and similitudes » The bronze serpent, of Christ
Types » Of the saviour » The bronze serpent
Types of Christ » Brazen serpent
Vision » Dominates life » Looking Christward, saves

Numbers 21:10 (show verse)

The {Israelites} set out and encamped at Oboth.

journey of israel through the Desert » To oboth
Oboth » One camping place of israel during the forty years of wandering

Numbers 21:11 (show verse)

They set out from Oboth and encamped at Iye Abarim in the desert, which [was] in front of Moab {toward the sunrise}.

journey of israel through the Desert » To ije-abarim before moab
Ije-abarim » One of the later stopping places of israel
Oboth » One camping place of israel during the forty years of wandering
The sun » The jews » Expressed the east by rising of

Numbers 21:12 (show verse)

From there they set out and encamped at the valley of Zered.

journey of israel through the Desert » To zared or dibon-gad
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Zared
Zared » Brook

Numbers 21:13 (show verse)

From there they set out and encamped beyond Arnon, which [is] in the desert that goes out from the boundary of the Amorites, because Arnon [is] the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Amorites » Territory of
Arnon » Boundary between moabites and amorites
journey of israel through the Desert » Across the arnon
Moabites » The territory east of the jordan river, bounded on the north by the arnon river
Moabites » Separated from the amorites by the river arnon

Numbers 21:14 (show verse)

Therefore thus it is said in the scroll of the Wars of Yahweh, "Waheb in Suphah, and the wadis of Arnon,

Arnon » Miracles at
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Wars of the lord
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
journey of israel through the Desert » Across the arnon
War » Records often kept of

Numbers 21:15 (show verse)

and the slope of the wadis that spreads out to the dwelling of Ar and lies at the boundary of Moab."

Ar » A city » A city of moab
Brooks » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
journey of israel through the Desert » Across the arnon

Numbers 21:16 (show verse)

From there [they went] to Beer, which is the water well where Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Gather the people, that I may give them water."

Beer » A station of the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To beer or the well
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer (east of jordan)

Numbers 21:17 (show verse)

Then Israel sang this song, "Arise, well water! Sing to it!

Beer » A station of the israelites
Music » Youthful » Singing » Examples of
Singing » Examples of
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Of the people of israel
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer (east of jordan)

Numbers 21:18 (show verse)

Well water that the princes dug, that the leaders of the people dug, with a staff [and] with their rods." And from [the] desert [they continued to] Mattanah,

Beer » A station of the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To mattanah
Mattanah » A station of israel
Wells » Mentioned in scripture » Beer (east of jordan)

Numbers 21:19 (show verse)

and from Mattanah [to] Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel [to] Bamoth;

Bamoth » Israelite camp
journey of israel through the Desert » To nahaliel
journey of israel through the Desert » To bamoth
Mattanah » A station of israel
Nahaliel » A station (stopping place) of the israelites

Numbers 21:20 (show verse)

and from Bamoth to the valley that [is] in the territory of Moab, [by] the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the surface of the wasteland.

Bamoth » Israelite camp
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim
Jeshimon » A place in the sinaitic peninsula, east of the jordan river
Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land
Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Pisgah, (part of abarim)
Pisgah » The israelites come to

Numbers 21:21 (show verse)

Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, saying,

Ambassadors » Sent to the amorites
Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Refused a passage to israel
Canaan » Land of » Conquest of, by the israelites
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » The amorites refuse a passage to israel
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Sihon » Conquest of his kingdom by the israelites
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Ambassadors

Numbers 21:22 (show verse)

"Let us go through your land; we will not turn aside into a field or vineyard; we will not drink well water along the way of the king until we have gone through your territory."

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Refused a passage to israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » The amorites refuse a passage to israel
Grape » Cultivated in vineyards » By the amorites
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Toward the israelites » Sihon
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Roads » Built by » Rulers'
Sihon » Conquest of his kingdom by the israelites

Numbers 21:23 (show verse)

But Sihon did not allow Israel to go through his territory. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet Israel; he came [to] the desert, to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Refused a passage to israel
Armies » Often consisted of the whole effective strength of nations
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » The amorites refuse a passage to israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Toward the israelites » Sihon
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Jahaz » Sihon defeated at
Sihon » Conquest of his kingdom by the israelites

Numbers 21:24 (show verse)

But Israel struck him with [the] edge of [the] sword, and they took possession of his land from Arnon to Jabbok, until the {Ammonites}, because the boundary of the {Ammonites} [was] strong.

Ammonites » Territory of
the Ammonites » Country of » Bordered on the amorites
the Ammonites » Country of » Well fortified
Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Sihon » Conquest of his kingdom by the israelites
Swords » Was used » For destruction of enemies

Numbers 21:25 (show verse)

Israel took all these cities, and Israel inhabited all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its environs.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Sihon » Conquest of his kingdom by the israelites

Numbers 21:26 (show verse)

Because Heshbon [was] the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land from his hand until Arnon.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Acquired an extensive territory from moab east of jordan
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
Ar » Destruction of
Arnon » Boundary between moabites and amorites
Cities » Different kinds of » Royal
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Moabites » Deprived of a large part of their territories by the amorites
Sihon » The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of sihon over the moabites
Sihon » His seat of government at heshbon

Numbers 21:27 (show verse)

Thus the ones who quote proverbs say, "Come [to] Heshbon! Let it be built! And let the city of Sihon be established.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
Ar » Destruction of
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Sihon » The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of sihon over the moabites
Song » War

Numbers 21:28 (show verse)

Because fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
Ar » Destruction of
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Moabites » Possessed many and great cities
Sihon » The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of sihon over the moabites
Song » War

Numbers 21:29 (show verse)

Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh. He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
Ar » Destruction of
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chemosh
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Moabites » Called » People of chemosh
Moabites » Called the people of chemosh
Sihon » The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of sihon over the moabites
Song » War
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites

Numbers 21:30 (show verse)

We destroyed them; Heshbon has perished up to Dibon; we laid waste up to Nophah, which {reaches} Medeba."

Amorites » Conquest of
the Amorites » Acquired an extensive territory from moab east of jordan
the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
Ar » Destruction of
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Dibon » Also called dibon-gad and dimon » A city on the northern banks of the arnon
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Medeba » A city » A city of moab
Moabites » Possessed many and great cities
Nophah » A city » A city of sihon
Sihon » The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of sihon over the moabites
Song » War

Numbers 21:31 (show verse)

Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:32 (show verse)

Moses sent to explore Jaazer; they captured {its environs} and dispossessed the Amorites who [were] there.

the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Sihon conquered
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » Amorites
Jaazer » A levitical city of refuge in gilead, allotted to gad, and given to the levites
Jazer » A city » A city of refuge east of the jordan river » Taken from the amorites
Spies » Sent to investigate » Jaazer

Numbers 21:33 (show verse)

Then they turned and went up [by] the way of the Bashan, and Og king of the Bashan and all his people went out to meet them for battle [at] Edrei.

the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Og conquered
Edrei » Joshua defeats og at
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » King of baasha
Og » Defeated and killed by moses
Og » A man of gigantic stature
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Inhospitality

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Do not fear him because I will give him and all his people and all his land into your hand. You will do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon."

the Amorites » Deprived of their eastern territory by israel
journey of israel through the Desert » To the mountains of abarim » Og conquered
Edrei » Joshua defeats og at
Fear » Not » Blessings in the journey of life
Fear nots » Blessings in the journey of life
Heshbon » Of the amorites
Israel » Defeats » King of baasha
Og » Defeated and killed by moses
Seven » Fear nots » Blessings in the journey of life

Numbers 21:35 (show verse)

And so they destroyed him and his sons, and all his people until they had not spared a survivor; and they took possession of his land.