Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Numbers Chapter 21
Overview
Num 21:1, Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah; Num 21:4, The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents; Num 21:7, They repenting are healed by a brazen serpent; Num 21:10, Sundry journeys of the Israelites; Num 21:21, Sihon is overcome, Num 21:33, and Og.
Arad: Num 33:40; Jos 12:14; Jdg 1:16
the way of the spies: Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the word atharim, rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper name (Αθαρειν, (Atharim). Num 13:21, Num 13:22, Num 14:45
then: Deu 2:32; Jos 7:5, Jos 11:19, Jos 11:20; Psa 44:3, Psa 44:4
vowed: Gen 28:20; Jdg 11:30; Sa1 1:11; Sa2 15:7, Sa2 15:8; Psa 56:12, Psa 56:13, Psa 116:18; Psa 132:2
I will: Lev 27:28, Lev 27:29; Deu 13:15; Jos 6:17, Jos 6:26; Co1 16:22
hearkened: Psa 10:17, Psa 91:15, Psa 102:17
and they utterly: Wyyacharem, rather with the LXX και ανεθεματισεν, "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua (Jos 12:14).
the name: Num 14:45; Deu 1:44; Sa1 30:30 Hormah, that is, utter destruction. Chormah, rather a devoting to destruction, so LXX Αναθεμα, and Tremellius, devotio sive anathema.
mount Hor: Num 20:22, Num 20:23, Num 20:27, Num 33:41
by the way: Num 14:25; Deu 1:40
compass: Num 20:18-21; Deu 2:5-8; Jdg 11:18
the soul: Num 32:7, Num 32:9; Exo 6:9; Act 14:22; Th1 3:3, Th1 3:4
discouraged: or, grieved, Heb. shortened, Exo 6:9
spake: Num 11:1-6, Num 14:1-4, Num 16:13, Num 16:14, Num 16:41, Num 17:12; Exo 14:11, Exo 15:24, Exo 16:2, Exo 16:3, Exo 16:7, Exo 16:8; Exo 17:2, Exo 17:3; Psa 68:6, Psa 78:19
and our soul: Num 11:6-9; Exo 16:15, Exo 16:31; Psa 78:24, Psa 78:25; Pro 27:7
Gen 3:14, Gen 3:15; Deu 8:15; Isa 14:29, Isa 30:6; Jer 8:17; Amo 9:3, Amo 9:4; Co1 10:9
We have: Exo 9:27, Exo 9:28; Sa1 12:19, Sa1 15:24, Sa1 15:30; Psa 78:34; Mat 27:4
pray: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:28; Kg1 13:6; Jer 37:3; Act 8:24; Jam 5:16
And Moses: Num 11:2, Num 14:17-20; Gen 20:7; Exo 32:11, Exo 32:30; Deu 9:20, Deu 9:26-29; Sa1 12:20-23; Job 42:8, Job 42:10; Psa 106:23; Jer 15:1; Rom 10:1
A serpent of: Kg2 18:4; Joh 3:14, Joh 3:15, Joh 12:32; Rom 8:3; Co2 5:21
when he: Isa 45:22; Zac 12:10; Joh 1:29; Heb 12:2; Jo1 3:8
he lived: Joh 6:40; Rom 1:17, Rom 5:20, Rom 5:21
Oboth: Probably Oboda, a city of Arabia Petrea, mentioned by Ptolemy. Pliny assigns it to the Helmodians; but Stephanus to the Nabatheans.
Ijeabarim: or, heaps of Abarim, Num 21:11
the valley of Zared: Deu 2:13, Deu 2:14, the brook Zered
Num 21:14, Num 22:36; Deu 2:24; Jdg 11:18; Isa 16:2; Jer 48:20
in the book: Jos 10:13; Sa2 1:18
What he did: or, Vaheb in Suphah, The following seems to be the sense of this passage: "From Vaheb in Suphah, and the torrents of Arnon, even the effusion of the torrents, which goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth for the boundary of Moab; even from thence to the well; (which is the well of which Jehovah spake unto Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water. Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O Well! Answer ye to it. The well, princes digged it; even nobles of the people digged it, by a decree, upon their borders); and from the wilderness (or the well, as in LXX) to Mattanah; and from Mattanah," etc. The whole of this, from Num 21:14-20, is a fragment from "the book of the wars of Jehovah," probably a book of remembrances or directions written by Moses for the use of Joshua, and describes the several boundaries of the land of Moab. This rendering removes every obscurity, and obviates every difficulty.
Ar: Num 21:28; Deu 2:9, Deu 2:18, Deu 2:29; Isa 15:1
lieth: Heb. leaneth
Beer: Jdg 9:21
Gather: Num 20:8; Exo 17:6; Isa 12:3, Isa 41:17, Isa 41:18, Isa 43:20, Isa 49:10; Joh 4:10, Joh 4:14; Joh 7:37-39; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17
sang: Exo 15:1, Exo 15:2; Jdg 5:1; Psa 105:2, Psa 106:12; Isa 12:1, Isa 12:2, Isa 12:5; Jam 5:13
Spring up: Heb. ascend
sing ye: or answer
princes: Ch2 17:7-9; Neh 3:1, Neh 3:5; Ti1 6:17, Ti1 6:18
the lawgiver: Deu 5:31, Deu 33:4; Isa 33:22; Joh 1:17; Jam 4:12
And from: Num 33:45-47
country: Heb. field, Num 22:1, Num 26:63, Num 33:49, Num 33:50; Deu 1:5
to the: Num 23:14; Deu 3:27, Deu 4:49, Deu 34:1
Pisgah: or the hill
Jeshimon: or, the wilderness, Num 23:28
Num 20:14-19; Deu 2:26-28; Jdg 11:19-21
Sihon would: Deu 2:30-32, Deu 29:7, Deu 29:8
Jahaz: Jdg 11:20; Isa 15:4; Jer 48:34
Israel: Num 32:1-4, Num 32:33-42; Deu 2:31-37, Deu 29:7; Jos 9:10, Jos 12:1-3, Jos 13:8-10, Jos 24:8; Jdg 11:21-23, Jdg 12:1, Jdg 12:2, Jdg 21:8; Neh 9:22; Psa 135:10-12, Psa 136:19; Amo 2:9
Arnon: Num 21:13; Gen 32:22; Deu 3:16
dwelt: Num 21:31, Num 32:33-42; Deu 2:12
in Heshbon: Heshbon was situated, according to Eusebius, twenty miles east of Jordan; and Jerome, who places it at the same distance, says it was, in his time, a very considerable city. It still subsists, in ruins, under the name of Heshban. Sol 7:4; Isa 15:4, Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; Jer 48:2, Jer 48:34, Jer 48:45
villages: Heb. daughters, Eze 16:46, Eze 16:49, Eze 16:53
Arnon: Arnon is a stream which takes its rise in the mountains of Moab, and, by a north-west course, during which it receives the waters of several streams, runs into the Dead sea. It is now called Wady Modjeb, and divides the province of Pelka from that of Kerek, as it formerly divided the kingdoms of the Moabites and Amorites. Its principal source is at a short distance to the north-east of Katrane, a station of the Syrian Hadj, where it is called Seyl Sayde; and lower down it receives the name of Esseim el Kereim, or Szefye. Num 21:26
a fire: Jdg 9:20; Isa 10:16; Jer 48:45, Jer 48:46; Amo 1:4, Amo 1:7, Amo 1:10, Amo 1:12, Amo 1:14, Amo 2:2, Amo 2:5
Ar of Moab: Num 21:15; Deu 2:9, Deu 2:18; Isa 15:1, Isa 15:2
Jdg 11:24; Kg1 11:7, Kg1 11:33; Kg2 23:13; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:46; Co1 8:4, Co1 8:5
have shot: Gen 49:23; Sa2 11:24; Psa 18:14
Dibon: Num 32:34; Jos 13:17; Isa 15:2, Isa 15:9; Jer 48:18, Jer 48:22
Num 32:33-42; Deu 3:16, Deu 3:17; Jos 12:1-6, Jos 13:8-12
Jaazer: Num 32:1, Num 32:35; Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; Jer 48:32, Jazer
they turned: Deu 3:1-6, Deu 29:7; Jos 13:12
Bashan: Deu 32:14; Psa 22:12, Psa 68:15; Isa 33:9; Eze 27:6, Eze 39:18; Amo 4:1
Og: Num 32:33; Deu 1:4, Deu 3:1, Deu 4:47, Deu 29:7; Jos 9:10, Jos 12:4, Jos 13:30
Fear him: Num 14:9; Deu 3:2, Deu 3:11, Deu 20:3, Deu 31:6; Jos 10:8, Jos 10:25; Isa 41:13
for I have: Deu 3:3, Deu 7:24; Jos 8:7; Jdg 11:30; Sa1 23:4; Sa2 5:19; Kg1 20:13, Kg1 20:28; Kg2 3:18
thou shalt: Num 21:24; Psa 135:10, Psa 135:11
Deu 3:3-17, Deu 29:7, Deu 29:8; Jos 12:4-6, Jos 13:12; Psa 135:10-12, Psa 136:17-21; Rom 8:37