Such should be our conduct, with all our spiritual foes. Nothing but the total destruction of them can bring us peace. Reader! let you and I long for that hour, when we shall sing that song; Now is come salvation and strength, for the accuser of our brethren is cast down. Revelation 12:10.
CHAPTER 21 Murmuring and Conquest _ 1. Opposition of King Arad (Numbers 21:1)_ 2. Murmuring and the fiery serpents (Numbers 21:4) 3. The serpent of brass (Numbers 21:8) 4. Journeying and singing
SUCCESS OVER THE KING OF ARAD. Since Arad, the modern Tell Arad, 17 miles from Hebron, was in the south of Canaan, and a successful advance of the whole people in that direction would hardly have been...
VOWED. VOW. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. made. solemn vow. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WILT INDEED DELIVER. same Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), only here it i...
The attack made upon Israel by the Canaanites and Israel's victory over them at Hormah. The source of this passage is a great problem. The verses appear to imply a movement on the part of the Israeli...
_utterly destroy_ i.e. place under a -ban," Heb. _ḥçrem_. In the next verse the writer plays upon the word, in order to explain the name Hormah, as is done also in Judges 1:17 (see note above)....
I WILL UTTERLY DESTROY THEIR CITIES— _I will utterly devote their cities to destruction._ They implored the divine aid by a solemn vow, thus obliging themselves to devote all the persons to death, and...
E. VICTORY AT HORMAH NUMBERS 21:1-3 TEXT Numbers 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 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._ Israel vowed a vow. Made to feel their own weakness,...
THE BRAZEN SERPENT. CONQUEST OF BASHAN 1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed....
DESTROY] lit. 'devote.' See on Leviticus 27:26; Leviticus 27:29....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE *CANAANITES – NUMBERS 21:1-3 V1 The king of Arad lived in the southern part of t
וַ יִּדַּ֨ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל נֶ֛דֶר לַֽ יהוָ֖ה וַ
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after the return...
THE BRAZEN SERPENT; JOURNEYING TO PISGAH Numbers 21:1 It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse the lon...
The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
_Cities. Hebrew, "I will subject their cities to anathema, or utter destruction." This vow they probably made at the place called Horma, or "Anathema," which was anciently called Saphaad, Judges i. 17...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
2._And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord. _This was a manifestation of piety, when they had sustained a loss, not to cast away hope, nor to murmur against God; but to encourage themselves by entreating...
The question is not here to conduct the people with patience through the wilderness, where the flesh manifested itself; but there are enemies and difficulties to be met; for there are difficulties dis...
AND ISRAEL VOWED A VOW UNTO THE LORD,.... The Israelites made supplication to the Lord for help against their enemies, and that he would give them victory over them, and made promises to him: AND SAI...
_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._ Ver. 2. _And Israel vowed a vow._] This is the way to...
_Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord_ Being unexperienced in war, and sensible of their own weakness, they were afraid of these Canaanites, and therefore thus endeavour to engage God to help them in the...
1 Israel with some losse destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sundry iourneyes of the Israel...
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....
The Journey around the Land of Edom. the king of arad subdued....
ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took the i...
1-3 Before the people began their march round the country of Edom, the king of Arad, a Canaanite, who inhabited the southern part of the country, attacked them in the wilderness, and took some prisone...
Being sensible of their own weakness, they endeavour to engage God to help them in the war, which they intended to renew. I WILL UTTERLY DESTROY THEIR CITIES; I will reserve no person nor thing for my...
This chapter brings prominently before us the familiar and beautiful ordinance of the brazen Serpent that great evangelical type. "And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compa...
Numbers 21:2 Israel H3478 made H5087 (H8799) vow H5088 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) indeed H5414 ...
CHAPTER 21 FROM VICTORY THROUGH CHASTENING TO FURTHER VICTORY. The death of Aaron did indicate a new era. In this chapter we cover the first defeat of ‘the Canaanites', the dire warning and chastisem...
Numbers 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. And Israe...
CONTENTS: Victories of Israel; the serpent of brass. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Arad, Sihon, Og. CONCLUSION: Those who cry without cause will be given just cause to cry and they will be compelle...
Numbers 21:1. _King Arad;_ that is, Arad king of Arad. _The way of the spies,_ is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render it...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 21:1__ This victory at Hormah marks a turning point. From now on, one victory follows another until they reach the Jordan, ready to enter Canaan. ⇐
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 21:2 DEVOTE THEIR CITIES TO DESTRUCTION. Israel promised to keep no spoils of war for themselves if God gave them victory. Later God ordered that all Canaanite cities that resi...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1. _King Arad the Canaanite_. Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:14), and was situated on a hill called...
EXPOSITION THE LAST MARCH: FROM MOUNT HOR TO JORDAN (CHAPTER 21-22:1). EPISODE OF THE KING OF ARAD (Numbers 21:1)....
Let's turn in our Bibles to Numbers chapter twenty-one. Now the children of Israel have been in the wilderness for about thirty-nine years and they are now beginning to make their move towards the Pro...
1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 15:7; 2 Samuel 15:8;...
I will utterly destroy them — I will reserve no person or thing for my own use, but devote them all to total destruction....