King James Version
Numbers 21:16 in the King James Version says “And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Numbers 21:16 · KJV
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, What: or, Vaheb in Suphah
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. lieth: Heb. leaneth
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.
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Spring: Heb. Ascend sing: or, answer
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:
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“And from thence they went to Beer”
H876beer, a place in the desert, also one in palestine
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“whereof the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“Gather”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and I will give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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