Numbers 21:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 21:4

2 ^aSo Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then ^bI will utterly destroy their cities.”

3 And 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 that place was called¹ Hormah.

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4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to ^ago around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very¹ discouraged on the way.

5 And the people ^aspoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul¹ loathes this worthless bread.”

6 So ^athe Lord sent ^bfiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

7 ^aTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have ^bsinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; ^cpray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Make a ^bfiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

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Definitions of words in Numbers 21:4:

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Red {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sea {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Soul {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Way {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Edom {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Edom {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Hor {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hor {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Mount {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Numbers 21:4:

Murmuring {Easton's}
Images {I.S.B.E.}

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