Numbers 21 · Verse 20

Numbers 21:20

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
Numbers 21:20, King James Version

Numbers 21:20 in other translations

BSBand from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
WEBand from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
ASVand from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.
YLTand from Bamoth in the valley which is in the field of Moab to the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.
DARBYand from Bamoth to the valley that is in the fields of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks over the surface of the waste.
BBEAnd from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.
WebsterAnd from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh towards Jeshimon.

What does Numbers 21:20 mean?

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 21:20 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.

וּמִבָּמ֗וֹתu.mi.ba.Motand from BamothH1120
הַגַּיְא֙ha.gaY'the valleyH1516
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834
בִּשְׂדֵ֣הbis.Deh[is] in [the] region ofH7704
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
רֹ֖אשׁrosh[the] top ofH7218
הַפִּסְגָּ֑הha.pis.Gah<the> PisgahH6449
וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָהve.nish.Ka.fahand it looked downH8259
עַל\־'al-overH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
הַיְשִׁימֹֽן\׃\ \פhay.shi.Monthe desolate placeH3452

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 21:20

  • Numbers 23:28

    And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

  • Numbers 23:14

    And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

  • Numbers 22:1

    And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

  • Numbers 33:49-50

    And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

  • Numbers 26:63

    These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

  • Deuteronomy 1:5

    On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 3:27

    Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Deuteronomy 34:1

    And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

  • Deuteronomy 4:49

    And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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country. Heb. field.
22:1; 26:63; 33:49,50; De 1:5
to the.
23:14; De 3:27; 4:49; 34:1
Pisgah. or the hill. Jeshimon. or, the wilderness.
23:28

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Context

  • Numbers 21:19

    And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

  • Numbers 21:20

    And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

  • Numbers 21:21

    And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

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Numbers 21:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de Bamoth al valle que está en los campos de Moab, y á la cumbre de Pisga, que mira á Jesimón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et de Bamoth, à la vallée qui est dans les champs de Moab, au sommet du Pisga, qui se montre au-dessus de la surface du désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und von Bamoth nach dem Tale, das im Gefilde Moabs ist, nach dem Gipfel des Pisga, der emporragt über die Fläche der Wildnis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		De Bamoth, vallis est in regione Moab, in vertice Phasga, quod respicit contra desertum.