Numbers 21:18
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The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.

princes

2 Chronicles 17:7-9 And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cites of Juda: . . .

Nehemiah 3:1,5 Then Eliasib the high priest arose, and his brethren the priests, and they built the flock gate: they sanctified it, and set up the doors thereof, even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto the tower of Hananeel. . . .

1 Timothy 6:17,18 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy) . . .

the lawgiver

Deuteronomy 5:31 But stand thou here with me, and I will speak to thee all my commandments, and ceremonies and judgments: which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land, which I will give them for a possession.

Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.

Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

James 4:12 There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

and from

Numbers 33:45-47 And departing from Ijeabarim they pitched their tents in Dibongab. . . .

Context
The Journey to Moab
17Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They sung thereto: 18The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana.19From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.…
Cross References
Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They sung thereto:

Numbers 21:19
From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.

Lexicon
The princes
שָׂרִ֗ים (śā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

dug
חֲפָר֣וּהָ (ḥă·p̄ā·rū·hā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

the well;
בְּאֵ֞ר (bə·’êr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well

the nobles
נְדִיבֵ֣י (nə·ḏî·ḇê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5081: Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee

of the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

hollowed it out
כָּר֙וּהָ֙ (kā·rū·hā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

with their scepters
בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק (bim·ḥō·qêq)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe

and with their staffs.”
בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם (bə·miš·‘ă·nō·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4938: Support, sustenance, a walking-stick

From the wilderness [the Israelites went on]
וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר (ū·mim·miḏ·bār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

to Mattanah,
מַתָּנָֽה׃ (mat·tā·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4980: Mattanah -- a place East of the Jordan


Additional Translations
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,The princes dig the well, the nobles of the people dig it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;

the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at [the word of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah;

The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah:

The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;

A well -- digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah,
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