Numbers - 21:15

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15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 21:15.

Differing Translations

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And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.
The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
And the spring of the brooks, Which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, And hath leaned to the border of Moab.'
And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab.
The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the seat of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.-
The stones of the torrents were bent, so that they might rest in Ar and lie back within the borders of the Moabites.
Et decursum torrentium, qui pergit ut quiescat in Ar, et recumbit in termino Moab.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

To the dwelling of Ar - Ar (compare Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1) was on the bank of the Arnon, lower down the stream than where the Israelites crossed. Near the spot where the upper Arnon receives the tributary Nahaliel Numbers 21:19, there rises, in the midst of the meadow-land between the two torrents, a hill covered with the ruins of the ancient city (Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16; compare Deuteronomy 2:36).

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,.... All that part of the country which lay upon the stream, as far as the city of Ar, the metropolis of Moab, called Ar of Moab, Isaiah 15:1,
and lieth upon the border of Moab; as that city did; so far goes the quotation out of the aforesaid book, as a proof of what was taken by the Amorites from the Moabites, and were not in their possession when Israel were upon their borders; and therefore, in taking them from the Amorites, did no wrong to Moab.

Ar--the capital of Moab.

Ar - A chief city in Moab.

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