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Text -- Numbers 21:1-8 (NET)
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Victory at Hormah
21:1 When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim , he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner .
21:2 So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said , “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand , then we will utterly destroy their cities .”
21:3 The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites , and they utterly destroyed them and their cities . So the name of the place was called Hormah .
Fiery Serpents
21:4 Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea , to go around the land of Edom , but the people became impatient along the way .
21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses , “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness , for there is no bread or water , and we detest this worthless food .”
21:6 So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people , and they bit the people ; many people of Israel died .
21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said , “We have sinned , for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people .
21:8 The Lord said to Moses , “Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole . When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Moses |
Serpent |
Israel |
IMAGES |
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY |
Hormah |
Intercession |
Brass |
Salvation |
Arad |
Canaanites |
Repentance |
WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL |
Miracles |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
SERAPHIM |
Murmuring |
Wars of the Lord, The Book of the |
Prayer |
Anathema |
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NET Notes: Num 21:1 Or “the south”; “Negev” has become a technical name for the southern desert region and is still in use in modern times.
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NET Notes: Num 21:2 On the surface this does not sound like much of a vow. But the key is in the use of the verb for “utterly destroy” – חָ&...
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NET Notes: Num 21:3 In the Hebrew text the verb has no expressed subject, and so here too is made passive. The name “Hormah” is etymologically connected to th...
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NET Notes: Num 21:4 Heb “the soul of the people,” expressing the innermost being of the people as they became frustrated.
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NET Notes: Num 21:5 The Israelites’ opinion about the manna was clear enough – “worthless.” The word used is קְלֹק...
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NET Notes: Num 21:6 The designation of the serpents/ snakes is נְחָשִׁים (nÿkhashim), which is similar to the w...
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NET Notes: Num 21:7 The verb is the Hiphil jussive with a vav (ו) consecutive from the verb סוּר (sur); after the imperative this form may b...
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