“ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ”
The Conquest of the Amorites. This narrative presupposes the position reached in Numbers 21:13 (not in Numbers 21:20 ), for the embassy to Sihon would naturally be despatched before the Amorite...
Numbers 21:21 . And Israel sent messengers. The second narration, which I have subjoined from Deuteronomy, is the fuller; nevertheless, a question arises from it, for what reason this embass...
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Israel sent messengers unto Sihon ... - (see the notes at Numbers 20:17-19 .) The place from which the messengers were se...
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...
Victory over the Amorites Numbers 21:21-35 Two great victories opened the eastern lands to the possession and settlement of two tribes and a half. It is not enough to know our heritage in Chris...
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...
If you consult Deuteronomy 2:9 , you will find that Moab was not to be fought with, being descendants of Lot: and therefore, when Israel passed before Oboth, they did not attack Moab; see Deuterono...
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites ,.... Who were one of the nations of the Canaanites, and a principal and powerful one, and who were devoted to destruction, and their land...
Sent messengers By God's allowance, that so Sihon's malice might be the more evident and inexcusable, and their title to his country more clear in the judgment of all men, as being gotten by a just...
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...
Sihon and Og Overthrown. B. C. 1452. 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of...
By God's allowance, that so Sihon's malice might be the more evident and inexcusable, and that their title to his country more clear in the judgments of all men, as being gotten by a just war, into w...
(II). Victory In The Wars of Yahweh ( Numbers 21:21 to Numbers 25:18 ). Having tasted victory against the king of Arad, and come to the land of plenty, Yahweh now provided them with a series of...
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...
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...
Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass. The wicked hate and persecute the godly without any just cause This is the practice of wicked men to pursue the children of God with all despiteful dealin...
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...
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, the heathen nation which occupied the country north of the Arnon, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:26-28 ; Judges 11:19-21 ; Numbers 20:14-19
Sent messengers — By God's allowance, that so Sihon's malice might be the more evident and inexcusable, and their title to his country more clear in the judgment of all men, as being gotten by a ju...