Well, Well, Well
Numbers 21:10-20


This passage might be interesting if you're a scholar of bible geography.  I am not.

Most of the section seems to deal with the route of the Israelites- they hit Oboth, Iye Abarim, the Zered Valley, and near the Arnon which is the border between Moab and the Amorites.  This mini travelogue ends with an odd reference to "The Book of the Wars of the LORD."  I have no idea what this book is- but I'm surprised there isn't a really bloody movie based on it.

Then they travel on to Beer where God gives them water- which seems like a practical joke.  And when they reached the city called Prime Rib, God gave them some baloney.

But does this reference mean they traveled all of this way without water?  It might make it easier to empathize with their complaining spirits if they're going days without something to drink- especially days spent on the road.  They may not have dared to complain with the snakes around- and their throats may have been too dry to whine too much.

They are so happy to get water they write a song about it- or at least sang one:
 Spring up, O well! 
  Sing about it,
 about the well that the princes dug,
   that the nobles of the people sank—    the nobles with scepters and staffs.

To my knowledge, this was only a local hit, not getting much airplay internationally.  It was slightly more successful than their anthem about animal sacrifice called "Talkin' Dead Ram Blues" off the album "Blood on the Altar".

The section ends with more travel information.  They made it to Mattanah, Nahaliel, Bamoth, and finally ended up in "the valley in  Moab where the top of  Pisgah overlooks the wasteland."

I hope this is setting up something big, it doesn't seem to have much meat on it's own.