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Numbers 21 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Cuando el cananeo, el rey de Arad, quien habitaba en el Neguev, oyó que Israel iba por el camino de Atarim, combatió contra Israel y tomó cautivos de él.
1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
2 Entonces Israel hizo voto a Yavé: Si en verdad entregas a este pueblo en mi mano, yo destruiré por completo sus ciudades.
2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
3 Yavé escuchó la voz de Israel y le entregó al cananeo. Los destruyó a ellos y a sus ciudades. Llamó aquel lugar Horma.
3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah.
4 Salieron de la montaña Hor con dirección al mar Rojo para rodear la tierra de Edom. Pero en el camino el ánimo del pueblo se impacientó.
4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
5 Entonces el pueblo habló contra ʼElohim y contra Moisés: ¿Por qué nos sacaron de Egipto para morir en el desierto? Pues no hay alimento ni agua, y detestamos esta miserable comida.
5 The people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food!”
6 Entonces Yavé envió entre el pueblo serpientes ardientes que mordían al pueblo. Murió mucha gente de Israel.
6 Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
7 El pueblo fue a Moisés y dijeron: Pecamos al hablar contra Yavé y contra ti. ¡Habla con Yavé para que quite de nosotros las serpientes! Y Moisés oró por el pueblo.
7 The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
8 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Hazte una serpiente ardiente y ponla sobre un asta, y cualquiera que sea mordido y mire a ella, vivirá.
8 Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
9 Moisés hizo una serpiente de bronce y la puso sobre un asta. Cuando una serpiente mordía a alguno, miraba a la serpiente de bronce y vivía.
9 Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
10 Salieron los hijos de Israel, y acamparon en Obot.
10 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
11 Salieron de Obot, y acamparon en Ije-Abarim, en el desierto que está frente a Moab hacia el oriente.
11 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
12 Salieron de allí y acamparon en el valle de Zared.
12 From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
13 Salieron de allí y acamparon al otro lado del Arnón, que está en el desierto y sale del límite de los amorreos, porque el Arnón es frontera entre Moab y el amorreo.
13 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Por eso se dice en el rollo de las Batallas de Yavé: Lo que hizo en el mar Rojo Y en los arroyos de Arnón,
14 Therefore it is said in The Book of the Wars of Yahweh, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
15 Y a la corriente de los arroyos Que va a parar en Ar, Y se apoya en la frontera de Moab.
15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
16 Y desde allí a Beer. Este es el pozo donde Yavé dijo a Moisés: Reúne al pueblo, y les daré agua.
16 From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
17 Entonces Israel cantó este cántico: ¡Brota, oh pozo! ¡Cántenle!
17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,
18 Pozo cavado por nobles, Excavado por los jefes del pueblo, Con sus cetros de legislador. Y del desierto viajaron a Matana.
18 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
19 De Matana a Nahaliel, de Nahaliel a Bamot,
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
20 y de Bamot al valle que está en el campo de Moab, a la cumbre de la montaña Pisga, que mira hacia el desierto.
20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
21 Entonces Israel envió mensajeros a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, y dijo:
21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Pasaré por tu tierra. No nos desviaremos hacia el campo ni hacia las viñas. No beberemos las aguas de los pozos. Iremos por el camino real hasta que pasemos tu territorio.
22 “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or vineyard. We will not drink of the water of the wells. We will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed your border.”
23 Pero Sehón no permitió que Israel pasara por su territorio, sino Sehón reunió a todo su pueblo. Salió a enfrentarse a Israel en el desierto. Fue a Jahaza y combatió contra Israel.
23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz. He fought against Israel.
24 Pero Israel lo venció a filo de espada y tomó su tierra desde Arnón hasta Jaboc, hasta los hijos de Amón, pues la frontera de los amonitas estaba fortificada.
24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.
25 Israel tomó todas estas ciudades, e Israel vivió en todas las ciudades de los amorreos, en Hesbón y en todas sus aldeas,
25 Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26 porque Hesbón era la ciudad de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, el cual guerreó contra el rey anterior de Moab, y tomó de su poder toda su tierra hasta el Arnón.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
27 Por eso los proverbistas dicen: Vengan a Hesbón. Edifíquese y repárese la ciudad de Sehón.
27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
28 Porque salió fuego de Hesbón, Y una llama de la plaza fuerte de Sehón Que consumió a Ar de Moab, A los señores de las alturas del Arnón.
28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
29 ¡Ay de ti, Moab! Eres destruido, oh pueblo de Quemos, El cual entregó sus hijos a la fuga Y sus hijas al cautiverio, A Sehón, rey amorreo.
29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 Pero nosotros los arrojamos. Hesbón está destruido hasta Dibón, Y también desolamos hasta Nofa, Que está junto a Medeba.
30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”
31 Así Israel vivió en la tierra de los amorreos.
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32 Después Moisés envió a espiar a Jazer. Sitiaron sus aldeas y desposeyeron a los amorreos que estaban allí.
32 Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
33 Se volvieron y subieron por el camino de Basán. Y salió contra ellos Og, rey de Basán, él y todo su pueblo, a combatir en Edrei.
33 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
34 Pero Yavé dijo a Moisés: No le temas, porque en tu mano lo entregué, a él, a todo su pueblo y su tierra. Harás con él como hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón.
34 Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”
35 Y lo destruyeron a él, a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo, sin que le quedara un sobreviviente, y conquistaron su tierra.
35 So they struck him, with his sons and all his people, until there were no survivors; and they possessed his land.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Og
The king of Bashan, last of the remnant of the Rephaim, who came out against Israel at Edrei and was struck down with his sons and his whole army.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 21:33–35; Deuteronomy 3:1; Deuteronomy 3:11
Sihon
The Amorite king who reigned in Heshbon, refused to let Israel pass through his land, fought Israel at Jahaz, and lost his territory from the Arnon to the Jabbok.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 21:21; Numbers 21:23–24; Deuteronomy 2:26
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 33:40; Judges 1:16; Joshua 12:14; Joshua 7:5; Numbers 14:45
- 2 Judges 11:30; Genesis 28:20; 1 Samuel 1:11; Joshua 6:26; 2 Samuel 15:7–8
- 3 Numbers 14:45; Deuteronomy 1:44; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 102:17; Psalm 10:17
- 4 Exodus 6:9; Judges 11:18; Acts 14:22; Numbers 32:7; Numbers 32:9
- 5 Psalm 78:19; Exodus 17:2–3; Numbers 16:41; Numbers 16:13–14; Exodus 14:11
- 6 1 Corinthians 10:9; Deuteronomy 8:15; Jeremiah 8:17; Amos 9:3–4; Isaiah 30:6
- 7 Acts 8:24; Psalm 78:34; Exodus 8:8; Numbers 11:2; Exodus 8:28
- 8 John 3:14; Psalm 106:43–45; Psalm 145:8
- 9 John 3:14–15; Hebrews 12:2; John 6:40; 2 Kings 18:4; John 12:32
- 10 Numbers 33:43–45
- 12 Deuteronomy 2:13–14
- 13 Judges 11:18; Numbers 22:36; Isaiah 16:2; Numbers 21:14; Jeremiah 48:20
- 14 Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18
- 15 Numbers 21:28; Deuteronomy 2:18; Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:29; Isaiah 15:1
- 16 Numbers 20:8; Isaiah 41:17–18; Isaiah 12:3; Judges 9:21; Revelation 22:17
- 17 Psalm 105:2; Judges 5:1; Psalm 106:12; James 5:13; Isaiah 12:1–2
- 18 Isaiah 33:22; Deuteronomy 33:4; Deuteronomy 5:31; James 4:12; John 1:17
- 20 Numbers 23:28; Numbers 23:14; Numbers 22:1; Numbers 33:49–50; Numbers 26:63
- 21 Deuteronomy 2:26–28; Judges 11:19–21; Numbers 20:14–19
- 22 Numbers 20:17
- 23 Judges 11:20; Deuteronomy 29:7–8; Jeremiah 48:34; Numbers 20:21; Deuteronomy 2:30–32
- 24 Amos 2:9; Nehemiah 9:22; Genesis 32:22; Joshua 24:8; Psalm 136:19
- 25 Deuteronomy 2:12; Ezekiel 16:53; Jeremiah 48:34; Numbers 21:31; Song of Songs 7:4
- 27 Isaiah 14:4; Habakkuk 2:6; Numbers 21:14
- 28 Numbers 21:15; Jeremiah 48:45–46; Amos 2:2; Numbers 22:41; Amos 1:14
- 29 2 Kings 23:13; Judges 11:24; Jeremiah 48:46; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:33
- 30 Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:18; Jeremiah 48:22; Numbers 32:34; Joshua 13:17
- 31 Deuteronomy 3:16–17; Joshua 12:1–6; Numbers 32:33–42; Joshua 13:8–12
- 32 Jeremiah 48:32; Numbers 32:1; Numbers 32:35; Numbers 32:3; Isaiah 16:8–9
- 33 Joshua 13:12; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 29:7; Deuteronomy 3:1–6; Numbers 32:33
- 34 Psalm 135:10–11; Numbers 21:24–25; Joshua 8:7; Deuteronomy 3:2–3; Judges 11:30
- 35 Deuteronomy 3:3–17; Joshua 12:4–6; Joshua 13:12; Psalm 135:10–12; Deuteronomy 29:7–8
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… that Moses, by the inspiration and influence of God, took brass, and made it into the figure of a cross, and set it in the holy tabernacle, and said to the people, "If ye look to this figure, and believe, ye shall be saved thereby." And when this was done, it is recorded that the serpents died, and it is …
This was done: men were bitten; they looked and were healed. What are the biting serpents?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
This was the figure which Moses completed by fixing the serpent to a cross, that whoso had been bitten by the living serpent, and looked to the brasen serpent, might be saved by believing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)