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Numbers 21:28 Cross-References
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“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.”
Numbers 21:28 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 21:28
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon—This poetic metaphor describes Sihon's military devastation of Moab. It hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon (בַּעֲלֵי בָמוֹת אַרְנֹן, ba'ale bamot Arnon)—The "lords" (ba'alim) likely refers to both political rulers and cultic officiants at Canaanite high places. Fire imagery evokes total military destruction.Ancient victory songs used cosmic imagery—Sihon's conquest depicted as divine fire consuming all opposition. Israel inherited not just territory but the symbolic language of conquest, no...
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Cross-References for Numbers 21:28
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“leans on the border of Moab.,And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab., וְאֶשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לְשֶׁבֶת עָר וְנִשְׁעַן לִגְבוּל מוֹאָב׃ ,And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the seat of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.,καὶ τοὺς χειμάρρους κατέστησεν κατοικίσαι ηρ καὶ πρόσκειται τοῖς ὁρίοις μωαβ,And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.,אשר הנחלם ואשר נטה לשבת עיר ונשען לגבול מואב,And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.,וְשָׁפוּךְ נַחֲלַיָא דְמִדַבְּרִין לְקָבֵל לְחָיַת וּמִסְתְּמִיךְ לִתְחוּם מוֹאָב ,and at the flowing of the streams which lead towards Lechayath, and are joined at the confine of Moab.”
“and a flame from the midst of Sihon”
“and it will devour its palaces.”
“let fire come out from Abimelech”
“and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.,But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah., וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בְּתֵימָן וְאָכְלָה אַרְמְנוֹת בָּצְרָה׃ פ ,So will I send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.,καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ πῦρ εἰς θαιμαν καὶ καταφάγεται θεμέλια τειχέων αὐτῆς,And I will send forth a fire upon Thaman, and it shall devour the foundations of her walls.,,,,”
“and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.,But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem., וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בִּיהוּדָה וְאָכְלָה אַרְמְנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ פ ,So will I send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.,καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ πῦρ ἐπὶ ιουδαν καὶ καταφάγεται θεμέλια ιερουσαλημ,And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.,,,,”
“and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult”
“Ar of Moab is laid waste”
“Yahweh of Armies”
“that Balak took Balaam”