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Numbers 21:31

So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Heshbon;   Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Amorites;   Serpents;   Sihon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bashan;   Canaan;   Jabbok;   Reuben;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amorite (the);   Sihon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Conquest of Canaan;   Dibon;   Heshbon;   Reba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jephthah;   Medeba;   Moab, Moabites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Heshbon ;   Sihon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount hor;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Sihon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'orite, the Am'orites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ammon;   Amorites;   Moab;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moab;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Thus Yisra'el lived in the land of the Amori.
King James Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Lexham English Bible
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
English Standard Version
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
New Century Version
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Amplified Bible
Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
New American Standard Bible
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Contemporary English Version
After the Israelites had settled in the Amorite territory,
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus Isra'el lived in the land of the Emori.
Darby Translation
And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Israelites made their camp in the land of the Amorites.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Good News Translation
So the people of Israel settled in the territory of the Amorites,
Christian Standard Bible®
So Israel lived in the Amorites’ land.
Literal Translation
And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of the Amorites.
American Standard Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Bible in Basic English
So Israel put up their tents in the land of the Amorites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
King James Version (1611)
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
English Revised Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Berean Standard Bible
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so Israel dwellide in the lond of Ammorrey.
Young's Literal Translation
And Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite,
Update Bible Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
World English Bible
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
New King James Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
New Living Translation
So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites.
New Life Bible
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
New Revised Standard
Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.
Revised Standard Version
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
THE MESSAGE
Israel moved in and lived in Amorite country. Moses sent men to scout out Jazer. They captured its villages and drove away the Amorites who lived there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

Contextual Overview

21 Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, 22 "Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King's Highway until we pass your borders." 23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. 24 But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended. 25 So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 26 For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon. 27 That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! 28 For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. 30 We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 32:33-42, Deuteronomy 3:16, Deuteronomy 3:17, Joshua 12:1-6, Joshua 13:8-12

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:25 - dwelt

Cross-References

Genesis 21:14
Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
Genesis 26:23
From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.
Genesis 26:33
So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.
Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah,
Judges 20:1
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.
2 Samuel 17:11
My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba—in number like the sand by the sea!—be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.
1 Kings 4:25
All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon's lifetime.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Not the land of the Moabites; and by those means before mentioned; by conquering Sihon their king, they came into the possession of it, and took up their dwelling in it; this was the beginning of the conquest of the Canaanites, and an earnest and pledge of inheriting their land promised unto them; the Israelites that dwelt here were the tribes of Reuben and Gad.


 
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