Numbers 21:3

and YHWH listens to the voice of Israel and gives up the Canaanite, and he devotes them and their cities, and calls the name of the place Hormah.

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In The King James Version

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 place Hormah.

In Context

2And Israel vows a vow to YHWH and says, “If You certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities”;

4And they journey from Mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:44and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country comes out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and strike you in Seir, even to Hormah.

Joshua 15:30and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

Psalms 10:17You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,

Psalms 102:17He turned to the prayer of the destitute, || And He has not despised their prayer.

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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