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Numbers 21:18

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21:18The well which the princes29 dug,

which the leaders of the people opened

with their scepters and their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

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Footnotes

  1. 29 The brief song is supposed to be an old workers’ song, and so the mention of leaders and princes is unusual. Some think they are given credit because they directed where the workers were to dig. The scepter and staff might have served some symbolic or divining custom.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the well that the princes made,

that the nobles of the people dug,

with the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

about the well that the princes dug,

that the nobles of the people sank—

the nobles with scepters and staffs.”

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The princes dug the well;

the nobles of the people hollowed it out

with a scepter and with their staffs.

They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

NLTNew Living Translation

Sing of this well,

which princes dug,

which great leaders hollowed out

with their scepters and staffs.”

Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Well water that the princes dug, that the leaders of the people dug, with a staff and with their rods.” And from the desert they continued to Mattanah,

KJV 1900King James Version

The princes digged the well,

The nobles of the people digged it,

By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves.

And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: