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16 The Israelites left that place and traveled to Beer.[a] There is a well in Beer, where the Lord said to Moses, “Bring the people together here, and I will give them water.” 17 Then the Israelites sang this song:

“Well, flow with water!
    Sing about it!
18 Great men dug this well.
    Important leaders dug this well.
They dug this well with their staffs and walking sticks.
    It is a gift in the desert.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:16 Beer This Hebrew name means “well.”
  2. Numbers 21:18 gift in the desert In Hebrew this is the name “Mattanah.”

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