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Numbers
Chapter 21
1
And when king Arad the Canaanite,
who
dwelt in the south,
heard
tell that Israel came
by
means of spies.
Then
he fought against Israel,
and
took some of them prisoners.
2
And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah/God, and said,
"If
You will indeed deliver this people into my hand,
then
I will utterly destroy their cities.
3
And Jehovah/God hearkened to the voice of Israel,
and
delivered up the Canaanites.
And
they utterly destroyed them and their cities.
And
he called the name of the place Hormah
{name means devotion}.
4
And they journeyed from mount Hor
by
the way of the Red sea,
to
compass the land of Edom.
And
the soul of the people
was
much discouraged because of the way.
5
And the people spoke against 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
against Moses,
"Why
have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert?
For
there is no bread,
neither
is there any water . . .
and
our soul loathes this contemptible/worthless bread.
{Note:
Manna from heaven is a picture of positive volition to God and His
Word (man does not live by bread alone but by every Word that
proceeds out of His mouth). Manna was 'tasty' to those who loved God
and His Word. It was worthless to those who were negative to God and
His Word.}
6~~
And Jehovah/God sent Egyptian Cobras among the people,
and
they bit the people.
And
many people of Israel died.
{Note:
Specifically these Cobras because the People knew these snakes --
they were in slavery in Egypt yet wanted to return there -- these
snakes were Gods to the Egyptians-- and God used these Cobras to make
a point with His chosen people}
7~~
Therefore, the people came to Moses, and said,
"We
have sinned,
for
we have spoken against Jehovah/God,
and
against you.
Pray
unto Jehovah/God,
that
He take away the snakes from us."
And
Moses prayed for the people.
8~~
And Jehovah/God said unto Moses,
"Make
you an Egyptian Cobra, and set it upon a pole.
And
it shall come to pass,
that
every one that is bitten,
when
he looks upon it,
shall
live.
{This is the Old Testament version of REBOUND (I John 1:9)}
9~~
And Moses made an Egyptian Cobra of brass,
and
put it upon a pole.
And
it came to pass,
that
if a snake had bitten any man,
when
he looked upon the Cobra of brass,
he
lived.
{Note:
This is another miracle for the Exodus Generation! -- all this
relates to Bitterness of the soul is like the venom of a Cobra}.
10
And the children of Israel set forward,
and
pitched in Oboth.
11
And they journeyed from Oboth,
and
pitched at Ijeabarim,
in
the desert which is before Moab,
toward
the sunrising.
12
From there they removed,
and
pitched in the valley of Zared.
13
From there they removed,
and
pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which
is in the desert
that
comes out of the coasts of the Amorites . . .
for
Arnon is the border of Moab,
between
Moab and the Amorites.
14
Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah/God,
what
He did in the Red sea,
and
in the brooks of Arnon, 15
and
at the stream of the brooks
that
goes down to the dwelling of Ar,
and
lies upon the border of Moab.
16
And from there they went to Beer . . .
that
is the well where Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses,
"Gather
the people together, and I will give them water."
17
Then Israel sang this song,
"Spring
up, O well . . .
sing
you unto it."
18
The princes dug the well,
the
nobles of the people dug it,
by
the direction of the lawgiver,
with
their staves.
And
from the desert 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
looks toward Jeshimon.
21-22
And Israel sent messengers
unto
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22
"Let
me pass through your 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 your borders."
23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border
but
Sihon gathered all his people/army together,
and
went out against Israel into the desert.
And
he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword,
and
possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok,
even
unto the children of Ammon . . .
for
the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25
And Israel took all these cities
and
Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites,
in
Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who
had fought against the former king of Moab,
and
taken all his land out of his hand,
even
unto Arnon.
27
Therefore they who speak in proverbs say,
"Come
into Heshbon,
let
the city of Sihon be built and prepared . . . 28
for
there is a fire gone out of Heshbon . . .
a
flame from the city of Sihon.
It
has consumed Ar of Moab,
and
the 'lords of the high places' {Ba`aley Bamowth}
of
Arnon.
29
Woe to you, Moab!
You
are undone, O people of Chemosh.
He
has given his sons that escaped,
and
his daughters,
into
captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30
We have shot at them.
Heshbon
is perished even unto Dibon,
and
we have laid them waste even unto Nophah,
which
reaches unto Medeba.
31
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32
And Moses sent out {spies} to spy out Jaazer.
And
they took the villages thereof,
and
drove out the Amorites that were there.
33
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan.
And
Og the king of Bashan went out against them . . .
he,
and all his army/people . . .
to
the battle at Edrei.
34
And Jehovah/God said unto Moses,
"Fear
him not.
For
I have delivered him into your hand,
and
all his people, and his land.
And
you will do to him
as
you did unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
who
dwelt at Heshbon.
35
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his army/people,
until
there was none left him alive.
And they possessed his land.
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