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Numbers 21:3
New English Translation
Numbers 21:3
New English Translation
3 The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites,[a] and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called[b] Hormah.
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- Numbers 21:3 tc Smr, Greek, and Syriac add “into his hand.”
- Numbers 21:3 tn In the Hebrew text the verb has no expressed subject, and so here too is made passive. The name “Hormah” is etymologically connected to the verb “utterly destroy,” forming the popular etymology (or paronomasia, a phonetic wordplay capturing the significance of the event).
Numbers 21:3
King James Version
Numbers 21:3
King James Version
3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
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Numbers 21:3
New International Version
Numbers 21:3
New International Version
3 The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites(A) over to them. They completely destroyed them(B) and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.[a](C)
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- Numbers 21:3 Hormah means destruction.
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