Numbers 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
Numbers 21:18 in other translations
| BSB | The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah, |
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| WEB | the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; |
| ASV | The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah; |
| YLT | ‘A well--digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah, |
| DARBY | Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at the word of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah; |
| BBE | The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah: |
| Webster | The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: |
What does Numbers 21:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 21:17-18
17-18. Then Israel sang--This beautiful little song was in accordance with the wants and feelings of travelling caravans in the East, where water is an occasion both of prayer and thanksgiving. From the princes using their official rods only, and not spades, it seems probable that this well was concealed by the brushwood or the sand, as is the case with many wells in Idumea still. The discovery of it was seasonable…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Numbers 21:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 21:18
- Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
- Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 5:31
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- James 4:12
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
- John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 6:17-18
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- 2 Chronicles 17:7-9
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben–hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
- Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Numbers 33:45-47
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon–gad. And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim. And they removed from Almon–diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
- Nehemiah 3:5
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
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Context
- Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
- Numbers 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
- Numbers 21:19
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
Numbers 21:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pozo, el cual cavaron los señores; caváronlo los príncipes del pueblo, y el legislador, con sus bordones. Y del desierto vinieron á Mathana: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Puits, que des princes ont creusé, que les hommes nobles du peuple, avec le législateur, ont creusé avec leurs bâtons! Et du désert, ils vinrent à Matthana; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Brunnen, den Fürsten gegraben, den die Edlen des Volkes, mit dem Gesetzgeber, gehöhlt haben mit ihren Stäben! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Puteus, quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis, et in baculis suis. De solitudine, Matthana. |