Numbers 21 · Verse 33

Numbers 21:33

And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
Numbers 21:33, King James Version

Numbers 21:33 in other translations

BSBThen they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.
WEBThey turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
ASVAnd they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
YLTand turn and go up the way of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle, at Edrei.
DARBYAnd they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.
BBEThen turning they went up by the way of Bashan; and Og, king of Bashan, went out against them with all his people, to the fight at Edrei.
WebsterAnd they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

What does Numbers 21:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
33. they turned and went up by the way of Bashan--a name given to that district from the richness of the soil--now Batanea or El-Bottein--a hilly region east of the Jordan lying between the mountains of Hermon on the north and those of Gilead on the south. Og--a giant, an Amoritish prince, who, having opposed the progress of the Israelites, was defeated.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 21:21-35

Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure…

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Numbers 21:33 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּפְנוּ֙vai.yif.Nuand they turnedH6437
וַֽיַּעֲל֔וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927
דֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekh[the] direction ofH1870
הַבָּשָׁ֑ןha.ba.Shan<the> BashanH1316
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
עוֹג֩'OgOgH5747
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
הַבָּשָׁ֨ןha.ba.Shan<the> BashanH1316
לִקְרָאתָ֜םlik.ra.Tamto meet themH7122
ה֧וּאhu'heH1931
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
עַמּ֛וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
אֶדְרֶֽעִי\׃'ed.Re.'iEdreiH154

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Cross references for Numbers 21:33

  • Joshua 13:12

    All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

  • Deuteronomy 1:4

    After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

  • Deuteronomy 29:7

    And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

  • Deuteronomy 3:1-6

    Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. …

  • Numbers 32:33

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.

  • Psalms 22:12

    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

  • Joshua 9:10

    And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

  • Ezekiel 27:6

    Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

  • Psalms 68:15

    The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

  • Deuteronomy 32:14

    Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

  • Amos 4:1

    Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

  • Deuteronomy 4:47

    And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

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they turned.
De 3:1-6; 29:7; Jos 13:12
Bashan.
De 32:14; Ps 22:12; 68:15; Isa 33:9; Eze 27:6; 39:18; Am 4:1
Og.
32:33; De 1:4; 3:1; 4:47; 29:7; Jos 9:10; 12:4; 13:30

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Context

  • Numbers 21:32

    And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

  • Numbers 21:33

    And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

  • Numbers 21:34

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

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Numbers 21:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y volvieron, y subieron camino de Basán, y salió contra ellos Og rey de Basán, él y todo su pueblo, para pelear en Edrei.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Puis ils se tournèrent et montèrent par le chemin de Basan; et Og, le roi de Basan, sortit à leur rencontre, lui et tout son peuple, à Édréhi, pour livrer bataille.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie wandten sich und zogen hinauf des Weges nach Basan; und Og, der König von Basan, zog aus, ihnen entgegen, er und all sein Volk, zum Streite nach Edrei.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Verteruntque se, et ascenderunt per viam Basan, et occurrit eis Og, rex Basan, cum omni populo suo, pugnaturus in Edrai.