Num 21:29-30 | JFB | STEP | 29. people of Chemosh —the name of the Moabite idol ( ). he —that is, their god, hath surrendered his worshippers to the victorious arms of Sihon.

Numbers 21:29-30

29. people of Chemosh—the name of the Moabite idol (1Ki 11:7-33; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 48:46).

he—that is, their god, hath surrendered his worshippers to the victorious arms of Sihon.

27-30. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs—Here is given an extract from an Amorite song exultingly anticipating an extension of their conquests to Arnon. The quotation from the poem of the Amorite bard ends at Nu 21:28. The two following verses appear to be the strains in which the Israelites expose the impotence of the usurpers.