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21 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way [a]of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will [b]utterly destroy their cities. And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they [c]utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called [d]Hormah.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:1 Or, of the spies
  2. Numbers 21:2 Hebrew devote.
  3. Numbers 21:3 Hebrew devoted.
  4. Numbers 21:3 From the same root as herem, a devoted thing