Numbers 21:2-4

New International Version - UK

² Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: ‘If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy^[a] their cities.’ ³ The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.^[b]

The bronze snake

⁴ They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,^[c] to go round Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;