Numbers 21:16-18

King James Version

¹⁶And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

¹⁷Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

¹⁸The 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:

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Numbers 21:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶From there they continued on to Beer,^(A) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

¹⁷Then Israel sang this song:^(B)

“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
¹⁸about the well that the princes dug,
    that the nobles of the people sank—
    the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

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Numbers 21:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶From there they went ^(A)to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” ¹⁷^(B)Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!
All of you sing to it—
¹⁸The well the leaders sank,
Dug by the nation’s nobles,
By the ^(C)lawgiver, with their staves.”

And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,

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Numbers 21:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶And from there they continued ^(A)to Beer;^[a] that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that ^(B)I may give them water.” ¹⁷Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—
¹⁸the well that the princes made,
that the nobles of the people dug,
with ^(C)the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,

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