The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
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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 21:17-20.
Glossary
- Mattanah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Medeiyineh.