Numbers 21:23
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“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.”Numbers 21:23
What Does Numbers 21:23 Mean?
Numbers 21:23 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 21, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Numbers 21:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 2:30“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”Joshua 13:18“And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,”Judges 11:20“But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.”Deuteronomy 2:18“Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:”Deuteronomy 2:32“Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.”Deuteronomy 3:2“And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.”Deuteronomy 29:7“And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:”Jeremiah 48:21“And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,”Amos 2:9“Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”Numbers 20:21“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.”Numbers 32:33“And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.”Joshua 12:2“Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;”Joshua 13:12“All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.”Joshua 21:36“And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,”Judges 20:14“But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.”Isaiah 15:4“And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.”Jeremiah 48:34“From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.”Habakkuk 3:12“Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.”
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