Numbers 13:29

13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

Numbers 21:25

21:25 So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

Numbers 21:29

21:29 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.


tn Heb “by the side [hand] of.”

sn For more discussion on these people groups, see D. J. Wiseman, ed., Peoples of Old Testament Times.

tn Heb “its daughters.”

sn The note of holy war emerges here as the victory is a victory over the local gods as well as over the people.