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Numbers 21:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 21:14

Verse 14 of 35

Scripture focus

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Numbers 21:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 21:14

Theological / Devotional

The book. Like the book of Jasher (Joshua 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18), this record has been lost.

What he did in the Red sea. More accurately, by a literal translation of the Hebrew, “Waheb in Suphah.” Waheb was the name of a town. Suphah, literally, “whirlwind” (as in Job 37:9; Prov. 10:25; Isa. 21:1; 66:15; Hosea 8:7; etc.), perhaps a valley or region where whirlwinds were common (see Deut. 1:1, RSV). Whirlwinds generally came from the south (Job 37:9; Isa. 21:1). The other places mentioned in the context (Num. 21:12-16) lend weight to the suggestion that Suph lay to the north of the Amon. Some have identified it with Khirbet Sufa, some 8 mi. southeast of Mt. Nebo.

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