Numbers 21:19 (YLT)

Passage

and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:17 Then singeth Israel this song, concerning the well--they have answered to it:

Numbers 21:18 `A well--digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness <FI>they journeyed<Fi> to Mattanah,

Numbers 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth in the valley which <FI>is<Fi> in the field of Moab <FI>to<Fi> the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.

Numbers 21:21 And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mattanah", "nahaliel", and "bamoth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mattanah" and "nahaliel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "A well--digged it have princes Prepared it..." into verse 20's "and from Bamoth in the valley which...", so "mattanah" and "nahaliel" 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 "mattanah" and "nahaliel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.