Numbers 21:20

"and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;"

Key Reflection

Numbers 21:20 details a geographical route taken by the Israelites as they journeyed through the wilderness, moving from one place to another under divine guidance. For the original audience, these place names—Mattanah, Nahaliel, and Bamoth—marked significant stops on their long and arduous pilgrimage, each likely associated with events or challenges that the people experienced along the way, emphasizing both God's provision and His protective care amidst trials.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

In the country of Moab -Rather, in the field of Moab: the upland pastures, or flat downs, intersected by the ravine of Wady Waleh. Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon -Or, “toward the waste.” SeeNumbers 33:47. Pisgah was a ridge of the Abarim mountains, westward from Heshbon. From the summit the Israelites gained their first view of the wastes of the Dead Sea and of the valley of the Jordan: and Moses again ascended it, to view, before his death, the land of promise.

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