From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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Interpretation
We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near.
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This thought runs through Numbers 21:12-16.
Glossary
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Amorites People
- Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan ( Gen. 14:7 ), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions.
- Arnon Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Wadi Mujib.