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Numbers 21:20

Numbers 21:20 is verse 20 of Numbers chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

Or Jeshimon

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King James Version

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

World English Bible

and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.

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Numbers 21:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

22 “Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

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Hebrew words

וּמִבָּמ֗וֹתand from Bamoth הַגַּיְא֙the valley אֲשֶׁר֙which בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה[is] in [the] region of מוֹאָ֔בMoab רֹ֖אשׁ[the] top of הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה<the> Pisgah וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָהand it looked down עַלover פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of הַיְשִׁימֹֽןthe desolate place

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 22:1
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Numbers 26:63
These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Numbers 33:49
And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

Numbers 33:50
On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

Deuteronomy 1:5
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

Numbers 23:14
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Deuteronomy 3:27
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

Deuteronomy 4:49
including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.

Deuteronomy 34:1
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

Numbers 23:28
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

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