“ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: ”
This song, recognized by all authorities as dating from the earliest times, and suggested apparently by the fact that God in this place gave the people water not from the rock, but by commanding Mo...
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; (f) sing ye unto it: (f) You that receive the convenience of it, give praise for it.
An Itinerary. This continues Numbers 21:4 (and they journeyed from Mount Hor), but the immediate place of departure in Numbers 21:10 is omitted. In Numbers 33:42 f. two stations are inserted...
this song. See note on Exodus 15:1 .
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Spring up, O well, etc. - This is one of the most ancient war songs in the world, but is not easily understood, which is commonly the c...
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Then Israel sang. This beautiful little song was in accordance with the wants and feelings of traveling caravans in the East, w...
The Brazen Serpent. Conquest of Bashan 1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed.
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1-35 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after t...
the Brazen Serpent; Journeying to Pisgah Numbers 21:1-20 It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse...
The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
Oh! how sweet are songs of praise to the highest! I hope the Reader will not need that I should point out to him in this place, the evident traces we have in it of GOD the HOLY GHOST. It is well know...
Then Israel sang this song ,.... Being affected with the free favour and good will of God towards them: spring up, O well ; for the springing up of which they prayed in faith, believing in the pro...
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Ver. 17. Then Israel sang this soug. ] A sign of that Christian joy. Isa 12:3-4
Spring up Hebrew, ascend; that is, let thy waters, which now lie hid below in the earth, ascend for our use. It is either a prediction that it should spring up, or a prayer that it might. With t...
ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took t...
The Removal of the Camp. B. C. 1452. 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pi...
Israel sang this song, to praise God for giving them such a seasonable blessing, before they asked it, or complained for the want of it. Spring up; give forth thy waters that we may drink. Heb....
6). Journey from Oboth to the Pisgah Looking Towards Jeshimon ( Numbers 21:11-20 ). From this point on there is no shortage of water, as they move via the Wadi Zered to the River Arnon. And the a...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1 . King Arad the Canaanite . Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites ( Joshua 12:14 ), and was situated on a hill c...
Then Israel The spiritual order here is beautiful: (1) atonement ( Numbers 21:8 ); ( Numbers 21:9 ); ( John 3:14 ); ( John 3:15 ). (2) water, symbol of the Spirit bestowed ( Numbers 21:1...
Numbers 21:1 . King Arad; that is, Arad king of Arad. The way of the spies, is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render...
Spring up, O well. A song of the pilgrimage I. The needs of human pilgrimage. 1. How indispensable are the things which we need. 2. How many are the things which we need. 3. How consta...
EXPOSITION THE END OF JOURNEYS , THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES ( Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1 ). Numbers 21:10 The children of Israel set forward , and pitched in Oboth. In t...
From Oboth to Jeshimon
Exodus 15:1 ; Exodus 15:2 ; Isaiah 12:1 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 12:5 ; James 5:13 ; Judges 5:1 ; Psalms 105:2 ; Psalms 106:12
Spring up — Heb. ascend, that is, let thy waters, which now lie hid below in the earth, ascend for our use. It is either a prediction that it should spring up, or a prayer that it might.