Numbers 21:27 (DRB)

Passage

Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof.

Numbers 21:26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of Moab: and took all the land, that had been of his dominion, as far as the Arnon.

Numbers 21:27 Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon, let the city of Sehon be built and set up:

Numbers 21:28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.

Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "said", "proverb", "come", "hesebon", "city", "sehon", and "built". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Hesebon was the city of Sehon the..." into verse 28's "A fire is gone out of Hesebon...", so "therefore" and "said" 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 "therefore" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.