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A Song of Victory
Commentators explain that the phrase "they that speak in proverbs" refers to poets or bards. The passage that follows is not a simple saying but a victory song, likely composed by the Amorites to celebrate their earlier conquest of Heshbon from the Moabites.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 21:27
18th Century
Theologian
Those who speak in proverbs - The original word is almost equivalent to “the poets.” The word supplies the title of the Book of Proverbs its…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 21:27–30
19th Century
Bishop
Come into Heshbon.— These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the I…
John Calvin
On Numbers 21:27
16th Century
Theologian
Therefore, those who speak in proverbs. That is, an old saying, or proverbial sentence, remains and is well known. The song, however, seem…
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John Gill
On Numbers 21:27
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say
The historical writers of those times, among the Amorites, who were usuall…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 21:21–35
17th Century
Minister
Sihon went with his forces against Israel, from outside his own borders and without provocation, and so brought about his own ruin. The enemies of …