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Numbers 21:17

Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The princes digged the well,.... The princes and heads of the several tribes:

the nobles of the people digged it; the seventy elders, according to the Targum of Jonathan:

by the direction of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 21:17-18

This song, recognized by all authorities as dating from the earliest times, and suggested apparently by the fact that God in this place gave the people water not from the rock, but by commanding Moses…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 21:10-20

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 21:12-20

Num 21:12-20. J E

The Israelites arrived at a spot on the S.E. border of Moab, and then, having travelled northwards along its eastern boundary, penetrated westward till they reached the cliffs…

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