Catholic Public Domain Version
"“The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs.” "
— Numbers 21:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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:”
“The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wildernessthey journeyedto Mattanah; ”
“the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;”
“The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.”And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;”
“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.”
“The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:”
“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:”
The stones of the torrents were bent, so that they might rest in Ar and lie back within the borders of the Moabites.
Beyond that place appeared a well, about which the Lord said to Moses: “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
Then Israel sang this verse: “Let the well rise up.” They sang:
“The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs.”
They went from the wilderness to Mattanah, from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
from Bamoth, a valley in the region of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks out opposite the desert.
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, saying: