Numbers 21:27

21:27 That is why those who speak in proverbs ¹  say,

“Come to Heshbon, let it be built.

Let the city of Sihon be established! ² 

Numbers 31:10

31:10 They burned ³  all their towns ⁴  where they lived and all their encampments.

Numbers 32:16

The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites

32:16 Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, ⁵ 

Numbers 32:24

32:24 So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ⁶  you would do.”

Numbers 32:26

32:26 Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

Numbers 32:36

32:36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

Numbers 35:3

35:3 Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.

Numbers 35:26

35:26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

[21:27]  ¹ sn Proverbs of antiquity could include pithy sayings or longer songs, riddles, or poems composed to catch the significance or the irony of an event. This is a brief poem to remember the event, like an Egyptian victory song. It may have originated as an Amorite war taunt song; it was sung to commemorate this victory. It was cited later by Jeremiah (48:45-46). The composer invites his victorious people to rebuild the conquered city as a new capital for Sihon. He then turns to address the other cities which his God(s) has/have given to him. See P. D. Hanson, “The Song of Heshbon and David’s Nir,” HTR 61 (1968): 301.

[21:27]  ² tn Meaning, “rebuilt and restored.”

[31:10]  ³ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[31:10]  ⁴ tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.

[32:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “our little ones.”

[32:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”