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Numbers 21:1-3
Good News Translation
Numbers 21:1-3
Good News Translation
Victory over the Canaanites
21 (A)When the Canaanite king of Arad in the southern part of Canaan heard that the Israelites were coming by way of Atharim, he attacked them and captured some of them. 2 Then the Israelites made a vow to the Lord: “If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate[a] them and their cities to you and will destroy them.” 3 The Lord heard them and helped them conquer the Canaanites. So the Israelites completely destroyed them and their cities, and named the place Hormah.[b]
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- Numbers 21:2 Anything dedicated in this way belonged completely to the Lord and could not be used; it had to be destroyed.
- Numbers 21:3 This name in Hebrew means “destruction.”
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