Numbers 21:2-4

Expanded Bible

² Then the Israelites made ·this promise [a vow] to the Lord: “If you will ·help us defeat these people [^Lgive this people into our hands], we will ·completely destroy [devote to the Lord] their cities.” ³ The Lord listened to the Israelites, and he let them defeat the Canaanites. The Israelites ·completely destroyed [devoted to the Lord] the Canaanites and their cities, so the place was named Hormah [^C“Completely Destroyed”; “Devoted to the Lord”].

The Bronze Snake

⁴ The Israelites left Mount Hor and went on the road toward the ·Red [or Reed] Sea, in order to go around the country of Edom. But the people became impatient on the way