KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Numbers 21:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Sihon” | סִיחֹ֣ן | Sichon, an Amoritish king | Sihon |
| “would not” | וְלֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | would not |
| “suffer” | נָתַ֨ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | suffer |
| “Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “to pass” | עֲבֹ֣ר | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | pass |
| “through his border:” | בִּגְבֻלוֹ֒ | Properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed | through border |
| “but Sihon” | סִיחֹ֜ן | Sichon, an Amoritish king | Sihon |
| “gathered together,” | וַיֶּֽאֱסֹ֨ף | To gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) | gathered together |
| “all his people” | עַמּ֗וֹ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | all people |
| “and went out” | וַיֵּצֵ֞א | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | out |
| “against” | לִקְרַ֤את | An encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) | against |
| “Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “into the wilderness:” | הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה | A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) | wilderness |
| “and he came” | וַיָּבֹ֖א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “to Jahaz,” | יָ֑הְצָה | Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan | Jahaz |
| “and fought” | וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם | To feed on; by implication, to battle (as destruction) | fought |
| “against Israel.” | בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | against Israel |
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21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
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