Numbers 21 · Verse 15

Numbers 21:15

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
Numbers 21:15, King James Version

Numbers 21:15 in other translations

BSBeven the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
WEBthe slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
ASVAnd the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
YLTAnd the spring of the brooks, Which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, And hath leaned to the border of Moab.'
DARBYAnd the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
BBEThe slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.
WebsterAnd at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

What does Numbers 21:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. Ar--the capital of Moab.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 21:10-20

We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near. "They set forward." It were well if we did thus; and the nearer we come to heaven, were so much the more active and abundant in the work of the Lord. The wonderful success God granted to his people, is here spoken of, and, among the rest…

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Numbers 21:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶ֙שֶׁד֙ve.'E.shedand [the] slope ofH793
הַנְּחָלִ֔יםha.ne.cha.Limthe wadisH5158
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָטָ֖הna.Tahit extendsH5186
לְשֶׁ֣בֶתle.She.vetto [the] dwelling ofH3427
עָ֑ר'ArArH6144
וְנִשְׁעַ֖ןve.nish.'Anand it leansH8172
לִגְב֥וּלlig.Vulto [the] border ofH1366
מוֹאָֽב\׃mo.'AvMoabH4124

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Cross references for Numbers 21:15

  • Numbers 21:28

    For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

  • Deuteronomy 2:18

    Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

  • Deuteronomy 2:9

    And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Deuteronomy 2:29

    (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.

  • Isaiah 15:1

    The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ar.
28; De 2:9,18,29; Isa 15:1
lieth. Heb. leaneth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 21:14

    Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

  • Numbers 21:15

    And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

  • Numbers 21:16

    And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

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Numbers 21:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á la corriente de los arroyos que va á parar en Ar, y descansa en el término de Moab.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le cours des rivières, qui tend vers l’habitation d’Ar, Et qui s’appuie sur la frontière de Moab.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Ergießung der Bäche, die sich erstreckt nach dem Wohnsitze Ars, und sich lehnt an die Grenze von Moab.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Scopuli torrentium inclinati sunt, ut requiescerent in Ar, et recumberent in finibus Moabitarum.