Numbers 21:14

"From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites."

Key Reflection

This passage describes Israel encamping on the eastern side of the Arnon River, which marked the border between Amorite territory and Moab. Symbolically, crossing this boundary into Moab’s land represents moving from one realm to another, preparing for new challenges and encounters that lie ahead in their journey toward the Promised Land.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Of “the book of the wars of the Lord” nothing is known except what may be gathered from the passage before us. It was apparently a collection of sacred odes commemorative of that triumphant progress of God’s people which this chapter records. From it is taken the ensuing fragment of ancient poetry relating to the passage of the Arnon River, and probably also the Song of the Well, and the Ode on the Conquest of the Kingdom of SihonNumbers 21:17-18,Numbers 21:27-30. What he did ... -The words which follow to the end of the next verse are a reference rather than a quotation. Contemporaries who had “the Book” at hand, could supply the context.

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