CHAPTER EXPLORER
Numbers 21
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35 verses in KJV · 286 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Numbers 21 (KJV)
21:1 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.
21:2 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.
21:3 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 place Hormah.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1453 BC
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