Numbers 21:1-3
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The Bronze Serpent
21 When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.(A) 2 Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.” 3 The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and handed over the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their towns; so the place was called Hormah.[a]
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- 21.3 That is, destruction
Numbers 21:1-3
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Arad Captured
21 The Canaanite king of Arad, who was dwelling in the Negev,[a] heard that Israel came along the way of Atharim; he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. 2 Israel made a vow to Yahweh, and they said, “If you will surely give this people into our[b] hand, then we[c] will destroy[d] their cities.” 3 Yahweh heard the voice of Israel; he gave to them the Canaanites, and they destroyed them[e] and their cities. They called the name of the place Hormah.
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- Numbers 21:1 An arid region south of the Judean hills
- Numbers 21:2 Hebrew “my”
- Numbers 21:2 Hebrew “I”
- Numbers 21:2 Literally “devote to God”
- Numbers 21:3 Literally “they devoted to God”
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