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Numbers 21:2-4
New International Version - UK
Numbers 21:2-4
New International Version - UK
2 Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: ‘If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy[a] their cities.’ 3 The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.[b]
The bronze snake
4 They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[c] to go round Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;
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- Numbers 21:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 3.
- Numbers 21:3 Hormah means destruction.
- Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds
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