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16 From there they traveled[a] to the Well of Beer, where the Lord had instructed Moses, “Gather the people together and I’ll give you water.” 17 That’s also where Israel sang this song:

Rise up, well!
    Sing to it!
18 It’s the well that the leaders dug,
    the one carved out by the nobles of the people
        with their scepters and staffs.

Then they moved on in the wilderness from there to Mattanah,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:16 The Heb. lacks they traveled

16 From there they continued on to Beer,(A) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

17 Then Israel sang this song:(B)

“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
18 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,

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