Numbers 21:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² The Israelites prayed, “Our Lord, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”^[a]

³ The Lord answered their prayer and helped them wipe out the Canaanite army and completely destroy their towns. That's why one of the towns is named Hormah, which means “Destroyed Place.”

Moses Makes a Bronze Snake

^4 (A) The Israelites had to go around the territory of Edom, so when they left Mount Hor, they headed south toward the Red Sea.^[b] But along the way, the people became so impatient