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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Gill's Exposition
Then Israel sang this song,.... Being affected with the free favour and good will of God towards them:
spring up, O well; for the springing up of which they prayed in faith, believing in the promise…
Barnes' Notes
Beer is probably the “Well,” afterward known as Beer-elim, the “well of heroes” Isa 15:8.
We have here an account of the several stages and removals of the children of Israel, till they came into the plains of Moab, out of which they at length passed over Jordan into Canaan, as we read in…
Cambridge Bible
The journey in a westerly, or north-westerly, direction is here begun.
Beer The name means a -well" (R.V. marg.). It is probably an abbreviation of a compound name; cf. Beer-sheba. A place called…
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