Numbers 21:27

Modern English Version

Therefore they that speak in proverbs say: “Come into Heshbon; let it be built, and let the city of Sihon be established,

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:1

Once the wall was rebuilt and I had erected the doors, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed.

Isaiah 14:4

you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How has the oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased!

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, with satire and riddles, and say, “Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with heavy debts!”

Numbers 21:14

Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: “Zahab in Suphah, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Numbers 21:26

Because 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, to Arnon.

Numbers 21:28

because a fire went out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab and the masters of the high places of Arnon.