Numbers 21:2

So Israel made a solemn promise to the Lord: “If you hand these people over to us, we pledge to completely destroy their towns.”

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In The King James Version

And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

In Context

1The Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev learned that the Israelites were approaching on the road to Atharim. He went and attacked Israel and took some of them prisoners.

3The Lord responded to their appeal and handed over the Canaanites to them. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and named the place Hormah.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:20Jacob also made a solemn promise, saying, “God, if you will be with me, and take care of me on my journey, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear

Leviticus 27:29No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.

Deuteronomy 13:15then you have to kill the people living in that town with the sword. Set apart for destruction its people and its livestock.

Joshua 6:17The city and everything in it is to be set apart for the Lord and destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

Judges 11:30Jephthah made a solemn promise to the Lord, saying, “If you make me victorious over the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 15:7Four years later Absalom asked the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a promise I made to the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:2-4

Arad Subdued. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the… Read the whole commentary →

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