Numbers 21:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 21:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 21:28 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 21:28 — KJV
“For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.”
— Numbers 21:28 (KJV)
Numbers 21:28 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 21:28
“They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. tumultuous...: Heb. children of noise”
Shares key themes with Numbers 21:28: fire, heshbon, flame
“For 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, even unto Arnon.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 21:28: heshbon, city, sihon
“She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,”
Shares key themes with Numbers 21:28: city, hath, high
“He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 21:28: gone, moab, high
“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 21:28: fire, flame, consumed
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