Passage Research
Numbers 21 — Sermon Preparation
Venomous snakes kill many Israelites; a bronze snake on a pole heals those who look at it; Israel then defeats Sihon of the Amorites and Og of Bashan. Below is a research summary for Numbers 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Numbers 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 15 | people, tribe |
| אֱמֹרִי | ʼĔmôrîy | H567 | 9 | Emorite |
| סִיחוֹן | Çîychôwn | H5511 | 8 | Sichon |
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 8 | Moab |
| אַרְנוֹן | ʼArnôwn | H769 | 6 | Arnon |
| חֶשְׁבּוֹן | Cheshbôwn | H2809 | 6 | Cheshbon |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 8 | Mosheh |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions against the judgments of God; but all in vain, when the day comes on which they must fall. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 21:21–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Arad 1— Num 21:1
- Atharim— Num 21:1
- Negeb— Num 21:1
- Oboth— Num 21:10
- Iye-abarim— Num 21:11
- Moab 1— Num 21:11
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