Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
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Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
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And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
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Passages linked to Numbers 21:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
- Jeremiah 48:32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
- Numbers 32:35 Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Isaiah 16:8-9 For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea. Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Jaazer; one of the cities of Moab, formerly taken…
Jaazer; one of the cities of Moab, formerly taken from them by Sihon, and now taken from him by the Israelites, Num 32:1,3,35; and after the decay or destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, repossessed by the Moabites, Jer 48:32.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Jaazer - One of the cities of Moab formerly…
Jaazer - One of the cities of Moab formerly taken from them by Sihon, and now taken from him by the Israelites.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 21:32. Jaazer — One of the cities of…
Num 21:32. Jaazer — One of the cities of Moab, formerly taken from them by Sihon, and now taken from him by the Israelites.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Jaazer - To he identified probably with the ruins…
Jaazer - To he identified probably with the ruins Sir or es-Sir 10 miles north of Heshbon. The occupation of it by the Israelites virtually completed their conquest of the Amorite kingdom; and prepared the way for the pastoral settlements in it which they not long after established Num 32:35.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Jazer, a famous city, 15 miles from Hesebon, given…
Jazer, a famous city, 15 miles from Hesebon, given afterwards to the Levites. Moses "took the Amorrhites who were there" prisoners, according to the Hebrew; or, "drove them away," (Septuagint) putting to death those who continued to make resistance. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. Jaazer — See Jos_13:25. After this reconnaissance it…
32. Jaazer — See Jos_13:25. After this reconnaissance it was captured and destroyed, as we infer from Num_32:35.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. The capture of Jazer stands in a curiously…
32. The capture of Jazer stands in a curiously isolated position, after the general statement in Num_21:31. It is probably taken from another source which described the capture of several individual towns. It is not mentioned either in Deuteronomy 2 or Judges 11.
Jazer] The site is unknown, and more than one suggestion has been made for its identification. Isa_16:8 suggests that it was some distance from Heshbon. It appears to have lain to the east, near the Ammonite border (Num_32:35, Jos_13:25).
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33–35 (D ). The defeat of Og the king of Bashan.
This defeat is mentioned in the following passages of the Hexateuch: Num_32:33, Deu_1:4; Deu_3:1-13; Deu_4:47; Deu_29:7; Jos_9:10; Jos_12:4; Jos_13:30. Of these the first and last are assigned to P , and all the others are Deuteronomic. If the present passage is compared with Deu_3:1-3 it will be seen that it agrees almost verbatim with the latter, except for the substitution of the third person for the first. In the Pesh. version there are several insertions in Numbers of passages from Deut., and this is probably an earlier instance in the Heb. text. It is to be noticed also that there is no reference to Og in Num_22:2. The account of the conquest of Bashan, therefore, is not preserved in any tradition earlier than Deut., and many writers on that account doubt if it is historical. The question cannot be decided with certainty; but there is nothing in the nature of the case to render such a conquest improbable. Bashan was a fertile and attractive district; and there is no evidence that Israel stayed east of the Jordan such a short time as to make an advance to the north improbable. See G. A. Smith, H. G. [Note: . G. Historical Geography of the Holy Land.] 575 f. and Appendix III.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Jaazer. Perhaps the present es-Szir, some way to the…
Jaazer. Perhaps the present es-Szir, some way to the north of Heshbon. (see on Jer_48:32) This victory completed the conquest of Sihon"s kingdom.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Og the king of Bashan went out against them.
Num_21:32-35
Og the king of Bashan went out against them.
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War with the king of Bashan
When God had removed one great rub out of Israels way to Canaan, namely, Sihon, king of Heshbon, now starts up another remora, greater (at least in person) than the former, namely, Og king of Bashan, who came forth to war against them (Num_21:33-35), but more largely described (Deu_3:1-22), wherein Gods kindness to Israel in that war with the king of Bashan is amply characterised.
1. The occasion of the war. Og came forth and gave the first assault against Israel, before they assaulted him or his people (Num_21:2), together with which we are told what a formidable adversary this king was, being a man of prodigious stature, whereof a conjecture may easily be collected from the vast length of his bed (Num_21:11).
2. The management of this war.
(1) God doth encourage Israel with comfortable words, and enabled them to do the deed in conquering the enemy (Num_21:2-3).
(2) Then Israel (thus encouraged and enabled by the Lord of Hosts) went forth in the strength of the Lord (Psa_71:16), and smote them taking all their cities and villages, walled and unwalled, and their whole country, destroying all ages and sexes, and taking the spoil of all their cattle (Num_21:4-10).
3. The event of this conquest, which was the consequence of the victory, namely, the distribution of this new conquered country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh (verses 12-17), and the terms upon which this country was thus distributed to those tribes (verses 18-20), which happy event was a pledge for encouraging Joshua to be confident of all his future conquests (verses 21, 22). From this whole history arises this following, namely, when one evil or impediment in our way to heaven is removed, God often permits another and worse to spring up for our new exercise; as it was here with Israel, no sooner had they vanquished Sihon (who stood in their way to Canaan), but immediately Og starts up to make them a new opposition. His formidable stature might have made Israel to fly, as niter Goliath made them, for want of faith (1Sa_17:24). He was likely one of the remnant of those Rephaims, or giants, whom Chedorlaomer and his company of kings smote in Ashtoreth (Gen_14:5, with Jos_13:12), for Og reigned there. (C. Ness.)
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