So (A)Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will [a]utterly destroy their cities.” The Lord heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they [b]utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called [c](B)Hormah.

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [d]Red Sea, to (C)go around the land of Edom; and the [e]people became impatient because of the journey.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:2 Lit devote to destruction
  2. Numbers 21:3 Lit devoted to destruction
  3. Numbers 21:3 I.e. a devoted thing; or Destruction
  4. Numbers 21:4 Lit Sea of Reeds
  5. Numbers 21:4 Lit soul of the people was short