Numbers 21:32 (KJV)

Passage

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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

Numbers 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "sent", "jaazer", "took", "villages", "thereof", "drove", and "amorites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "Thus Israel dwelt in the land of..." into verse 33's "And they turned and went up by...", so "moses" and "sent" 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 "moses" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.