1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Numbers 21:13 | *Which they left, and encamped over-against Arnon,** which is in the desert, and standeth out on the borders of the Amorrhite. ***For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the Moabites and the Amorrhites. Judges 11:18.; Deuteronomy 2:24. | Year of the World 2553. Against. Hebrew, "on the other, or on this side of (the river, ver. 14) Arnon," which runs from the east, almost in the same direction as the torrent of Zared, but empties itself into the Dead Sea higher up, near the mouth of the Jordan. (Calmet) --- It divides the Moabites from their brethren, the children of Ammon, who lay to the north-east. The Hebrews encamped on the south side of this river, in the desert of Cademoth, (Deuteronomy 2:26,) whence they sent to ask leave of Sehon to pass through his dominions; but, on his refusal, God ordered them to cross the Arnon by force. (Calmet) |