Lux Domini
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

Key themes

Justice and mercyPilgrimageRebellionJudgment

Glossary

Amorites People

Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan ( Gen. 14:7 ), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions.

Jazer Place

He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad ( Num. 32:1 , 35; Josh. 13:25 ). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). Modern identification: Khirbet Sara.