Numbers 21:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ the well which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people delved, with the scepter and with their staves.” And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,

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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

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors; they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 3:5

And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Numbers 21:17

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—

Numbers 21:19

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 33:4

when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

Deuteronomy 5:31

But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment and the statutes and the ordinances which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.’

James 4:12

There is one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you that you judge your neighbor?