Numbers 21:33 (DBY)

Passage

And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:31 And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its dependent villages, and he dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

Numbers 21:33 And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.

Numbers 21:34 And Jehovah said to Moses, Fear him not! for into thy hand have I given him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.

Numbers 21:35 And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, so that they left him none remaining, and took possession of his land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turned", "went", "bashan", "king", "against", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turned" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer..." into verse 34's "And Jehovah said to Moses Fear him...", so "turned" and "went" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "turned" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.