Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- KJV And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
- BSB After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- ESV And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
- NASB Now Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
- NLT After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there.
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Quick answer
Moses sent scouts to Jazer, and Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites. Israel extended its conquest in the region.
Overview
The successful reconnaissance and capture of Jazer rounded out Israel's control of the area. This expansion shows the momentum of victory God was granting His people. The cleared territory would become part of the eastern tribal allotments.
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Cross-references · 5
- Jer 48:32With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
- Num 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
- Num 32:35Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
- Isa 16:8–9For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.
- Num 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
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