Numbers 21:31 (YLT)

Passage

And Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite,

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee, O Moab, Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, He hath given his sons who escape--Also his daughters--Into captivity, to a king of the Amorite--Sihon!

Numbers 21:30 And we shoot them, Perished hath Heshbon unto Dibon, And we make desolate unto Nophah, Which <FI>is<Fi> unto Medeba.'

Numbers 21:31 And Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite,

Numbers 21:32 and Moses sendeth to spy out Jaazer, and they capture its villages, and dispossess the Amorite who <FI>is<Fi> there,

Numbers 21:33 and turn and go up the way of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle, <FI>at<Fi> Edrei.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And we shoot them Perished hath Heshbon..." into verse 32's "and Moses sendeth to spy out Jaazer...", so "israel" and "dwelleth" 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 "israel" and "dwelleth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.