Numbers 21:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Great men dug this well. Important leaders dug this well. They dug this well with their staffs and walking sticks. It is a gift in the desert. [279] ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ The princes digged the well, The nobles of the people digged it, By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The fountain that the princes opened, that the nobles of the people hollowed out from their staves. And from the wilderness or desert [Israel journeyed] to Mattanah,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler’s scepter and their staffs.” They marched from the desert to Mattanah;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ "The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.

Numbers 21:18 Cross References

Nehemiah 3:1

The name of the high priest was Eliashib. Eliashib and his brothers the priests went to work and built the Sheep Gate. They prayed and made that gate holy to the Lord. They set its doors in place in the wall. Those priests worked on the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They prayed and made their work holy to the Lord.

Nehemiah 3:5

The men from Tekoa fixed the next section of the wall. But the leaders from Tekoa refused to work for \{Nehemiah\} their governor.

Numbers 21:17

Then the people of Israel sang this song:

Numbers 21:19

The people traveled from Mattanah to Nahaliel. Then they traveled from Nahaliel to Bamoth.

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses. But grace and \{the way of\} truth came through Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses gave us the Law. Those teaching are for Jacob’s people.

Deuteronomy 5:31

But you, Moses, stand here near me. I will tell you all the commands, laws, and rules that you must teach them. They must do these things in the land that I am giving them to live in.’

James 4:12

God is the only One who makes laws. He is the only Judge. God is the only One who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge another person.