King James Version
“And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. country: Heb. field Pisgah: or, the hill Jeshimon: or, the wilderness”
Numbers 21:20 · 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:
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. country: Heb. field Pisgah: or, the hill Jeshimon: or, the wilderness
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the valley”
H1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“to the top”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“which looketh”
H8259properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e., (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“toward”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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