Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.” New Living Translation Then the people of Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.” English Standard Version And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.” Berean Standard Bible So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” King James Bible 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. New King James Version So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” New American Standard Bible So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed hand over this people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” NASB 1995 So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” NASB 1977 So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, “If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” Legacy Standard Bible So Israel made a vow to Yahweh and said, “If You will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.” Amplified Bible So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, “If You will indeed hand over these people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” Christian Standard Bible Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, “If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.” American Standard Version And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Israel vowed a vow to LORD JEHOVAH and said, “If you will hand over this people into my hands, I shall destroy their towns utterly.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities to thee. Contemporary English Version The Israelites prayed, "Our LORD, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you." Douay-Rheims Bible But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the Israelites made this vow to the LORD: "If you will hand these people over to us, we'll destroy their cities because you've claimed them." Good News Translation Then the Israelites made a vow to the LORD: "If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them." International Standard Version Then Israel made this vow in the LORD's presence: "If you give these people into our control, we intend to devote their cities to total destruction." JPS Tanakh 1917 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.' Literal Standard Version And Israel vows a vow to YHWH and says, “If You certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities”; Majority Standard Bible So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” New American Bible Israel then made this vow to the LORD: “If you deliver this people into my hand, I will put their cities under the ban.” NET Bible So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities." New Revised Standard Version Then Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.” New Heart English Bible Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities." Webster's Bible Translation And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. World English Bible Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” Young's Literal Translation And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, 'If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Defeat of Arad1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners. 2So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” 3And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.… Cross References Genesis 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear, Deuteronomy 20:16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. Judges 11:30 Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: "If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand, Treasury of Scripture And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. vowed Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, Judges 11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head. I will Leviticus 27:28,29 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD… Deuteronomy 13:15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. Joshua 6:17,26 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent… Jump to Previous Cities Complete Deliver Destroy Destruction Devoted Hand Hands Indeed Oath Totally Utterly Vow Vowed Voweth Wholly WiltJump to Next Cities Complete Deliver Destroy Destruction Devoted Hand Hands Indeed Oath Totally Utterly Vow Vowed Voweth Wholly WiltNumbers 21 1. Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah4. The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents 7. They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent 10. Various journeys of the Israelites 21. Sihon is overcome 33. And Og Verse 2. - And Israel vowed a vow. On these vows, and on things "devoted" or "banned" (חֵרֶם - ἀνάθεμα), see on Leviticus 27:28, and on the moral character of such wholesale slaughters see on chapter 31. If it was right to destroy the Canaanites at all, no fault can be found with the vow; it merely did for that military proceeding what national feeling and discipline does for the far more bloody exigencies of modern warfare, removing it from the sphere of private hatred, revenge, and cupidity, and placing it upon a higher level. The patriot soldier of these days feels himself to be a mere instrument in the hands of the rulers of his people to maintain their rights or avenge their wrongs. The Israelite could not have this feeling, which was foreign to his time and place in history, but he could feel that he was a mere instrument in the hands of God to perform his will upon his enemies. In either case a must important advantage is secured; the soldier does not slay in order to gratify his own hatred, or in order to satisfy his own cupidity. It is quite true that such vows as are here mentioned would certainly in a more advanced stage of civilization be abused to throw a cloak of religion over frightful enormities; but it does not in the least follow that they were not permitted and even encouraged by God in an age to which they were natural, and under circumstances in which they were beneficial. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc made וַיִּדַּ֨ר (way·yid·dar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5087: To promise a vow נֶ֛דֶר (ne·ḏer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5088: A promise, a thing promised to the LORD: לַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not You will deliver נָתֹ֨ן (nā·ṯōn) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5414: To give, put, set this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that people הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock into our hands, בְּיָדִ֔י (bə·yā·ḏî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand we will completely destroy וְהַֽחֲרַמְתִּ֖י (wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose their cities.” עָרֵיהֶֽם׃ (‘ā·rê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement Links Numbers 21:2 NIVNumbers 21:2 NLT Numbers 21:2 ESV Numbers 21:2 NASB Numbers 21:2 KJV Numbers 21:2 BibleApps.com Numbers 21:2 Biblia Paralela Numbers 21:2 Chinese Bible Numbers 21:2 French Bible Numbers 21:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 21:2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh (Nu Num.) |
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