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They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah. <a href="/nlt/numbers/21.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD heard the Israelites’ request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah ever since. <a href="/esv/numbers/21.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the LORD heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/kjv/numbers/21.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/21.htm">New King James Version</a> 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 called Hormah. <a href="/nasb_/numbers/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD heard the voice of Israel and turned over the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. And the place was named Hormah. <a href="/nasb/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/nasb77/numbers/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/lsb/numbers/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Yahweh heard the voice of Israel and gave the Canaanites over; so they devoted them and their cities to destruction. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/amp/numbers/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed over the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah (dedicate to destruction). <a href="/csb/numbers/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD listened to Israel’s request and handed the Canaanites over to them, and Israel completely destroyed them and their cities. So they named the place Hormah. <a href="/hcsb/numbers/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD listened to Israel&#8217s request, the Canaanites were defeated, and Israel completely destroyed them and their cities. So they named the place Hormah. <a href="/asv/numbers/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/cev/numbers/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD answered their prayer and helped them wipe out the Canaanite army and completely destroy their towns. That's why one of the towns is named Hormah, which means "Destroyed Place." <a href="/erv/numbers/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/gwt/numbers/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD listened to the Israelites and handed the Canaanites over to them. They destroyed the Canaanites and their cities. So they called the place Hormah [Claimed for Destruction]. <a href="/gnt/numbers/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD heard them and helped them conquer the Canaanites. So the Israelites completely destroyed them and their cities, and named the place Hormah. <a href="/isv/numbers/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> When the LORD heard what Israel had decided to do, he delivered the Canaanites to them, and Israel exterminated them and their cities. They named the place Hormah. <a href="/msb/numbers/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/net/numbers/21.htm">NET Bible</a> 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 the place was called Hormah. <a href="/nheb/numbers/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/wbt/numbers/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/numbers/21.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/ylt/numbers/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Israel, and giveth up the Canaanite, and he devoteth them and their cities, and calleth the name of the place Hormah. <a href="/slt/numbers/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will hear to the voice of Israel, and he will give the Canaanite, and he will exterminate them and their cities: and he will call the name of the place Hormah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and he delivered the Canaanite, who they put to death, overthrowing his cities. And they called the name of that place Hormah, that is, Anathema. <a href="/nabre/numbers/21.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD paid attention to Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they put them and their cities under the ban. Hence that place was named Hormah. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and handed over the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their towns; so the place was called Hormah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites into their hands; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and they called the name of that place Hirmah. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH listened to the voice of Israel and delivered the Canaanites into their hands and they killed them by the sword and utterly destroyed them and their towns, and they called the name of country that KharmaDestruction.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah. <a href="/sep/numbers/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Chananite into his power; and Israel devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema. <a href="/parallel/numbers/21-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=6521" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/21.htm">The Defeat of Arad</a> …2So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.” 3<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: way·yiš·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">plea</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and delivered up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">the Canaanites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2763.htm" title="2763: way·ya·ḥă·rêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to seclude; specifically to devote to religious uses; physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose.">Israel devoted</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·hem (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">their cities to destruction;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">so they named</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/2767.htm" title="2767: ḥā·rə·māh (N-proper-fs) -- Asylum, a place in Simeon. From charam; devoted; Chormah, a place in Palestine.">Hormah.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-32.htm">Deuteronomy 2:32-34</a> So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz. / And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army. / At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors. <a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Judges 1:17</a> Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah. <a href="/joshua/6-21.htm">Joshua 6:21</a> With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys. <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3</a> Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a> and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. <a href="/deuteronomy/20-16.htm">Deuteronomy 20:16-17</a> 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. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Joshua 11:12</a> Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded. <a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Joshua 10:40</a> So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. <a href="/1_samuel/15-8.htm">1 Samuel 15:8-9</a> He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. / Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-3.htm">Deuteronomy 3:3-6</a> So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left. / At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. / All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages. ... <a href="/joshua/8-24.htm">Joshua 8:24-26</a> When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well. / A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai. / Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai. <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">1 Samuel 27:8-9</a> Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) / Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish, <a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm">1 Samuel 30:1</a> On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. <a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">2 Kings 19:11</a> Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? <a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a> The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the LORD listened 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.hearkened<a href="/psalms/10-17.htm">Psalm 10:17</a> LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:<a href="/psalms/91-15.htm">Psalm 91:15</a> He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.<a href="/psalms/102-17.htm">Psalm 102:17</a> He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.and they utterly.<a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Numbers 14:45</a> Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Deuteronomy 1:44</a> And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.<a href="/1_samuel/30-30.htm">1 Samuel 30:30</a> And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,Hormah, that is, utter destruction.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/numbers/17-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/numbers/14-35.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Devoteth</a> <a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-20.htm">Hearkeneth</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Hormah</a> <a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/genesis/30-6.htm">Plea</a> <a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/numbers/20-16.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-15.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/numbers/21-34.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Devoteth</a> <a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-43.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Hearkeneth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Hormah</a> <a href="/numbers/21-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Plea</a> <a href="/numbers/21-25.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/30-12.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/numbers/21-17.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 21</div>1. <a href="/numbers/21-1.htm">Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah</a> 4. <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents</a> 7. <a href="/numbers/21-7.htm">They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent</a> 10. <a href="/numbers/21-10.htm">Various journeys of the Israelites</a> 21. <a href="/numbers/21-21.htm">Sihon is overcome</a> 33. <a href="/numbers/21-33.htm">And Og</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/numbers/21.htm">Numbers 21</a>, the Israelites were facing opposition from the Canaanites. The plea indicates a moment of desperation and reliance on divine intervention. This reflects a recurring theme in the Old Testament where God responds to the cries of His people, as seen in <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a> when God heard the groaning of the Israelites in Egypt.and delivered up the Canaanites. The deliverance of the Canaanites into Israel's hands signifies God's sovereignty and His role as a divine warrior on behalf of Israel. This act of deliverance is consistent with God's promise to give the land of Canaan to the descendants of Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). It also foreshadows the eventual conquest of Canaan under Joshua, where God continues to deliver enemies into Israel's hands (<a href="/joshua/6-2.htm">Joshua 6:2</a>).Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; The term "devoted to destruction" (Hebrew: herem) indicates a complete consecration to God, often through destruction. This was a common practice in ancient warfare, especially in the context of holy war, where the spoils and people were dedicated to God, leaving nothing for personal gain. This act was meant to purify the land from idolatry and sin, aligning with <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2-5</a>, where God commands the Israelites to destroy the nations in Canaan to prevent idolatry.so they named the place Hormah. Hormah means "destruction" or "devotion to destruction," and the naming of the place serves as a memorial of God's victory and judgment. This location is significant in Israel's history, as it was previously mentioned in <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Numbers 14:45</a>, where the Israelites were defeated by the Amalekites and Canaanites. The renaming signifies a reversal of fortune and a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel who listens to the prayers of His people and acts on their behalf. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Jacob, who are journeying to the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_canaanites.htm">The Canaanites</a> A group of people living in the land of Canaan, who were enemies of Israel and opposed their progress. 4. <a href="/topical/h/hormah.htm">Hormah</a> The place where the Israelites achieved victory over the Canaanites, named to commemorate the destruction of their enemies. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_deliverance.htm">The Event of Deliverance</a> God’s intervention in response to Israel’s plea, resulting in the defeat and destruction of the Canaanites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god_hears_and_responds.htm">God Hears and Responds</a> God listens to the prayers of His people. Just as He responded to Israel, He hears our cries and petitions today. <a href="/topical/d/divine_deliverance.htm">Divine Deliverance</a> The victory over the Canaanites was not by Israel's might but by God's power. We must rely on God for deliverance in our battles. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Israel's success was tied to their obedience to God's commands. Our spiritual victories are often linked to our faithfulness to God's Word. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_faithfulness.htm">Remembering God's Faithfulness</a> Naming the place Hormah served as a reminder of God's faithfulness. We should remember and commemorate God's work in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The destruction of the Canaanites serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the importance of living a life set apart for God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 21</a> <a href="/q/what_does_seeking_god's_face_mean.htm">What events are chronicled in the Wars of the Lord?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_og,_king_of_bashan.htm">Who was Og, King of Bashan?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_judges_7_contradict_1_chron_21.htm">Why does Judges 7 seemingly contradict other biblical passages that emphasize the need for adequate numbers in battle (e.g., 1 Chronicles 21:1-5)?</a> <a href="/q/why_claim_all_promises_kept_despite_canaanites.htm">Why does Joshua 21:45 assert that every divine promise was fulfilled, when other passages suggest lingering Canaanite presence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And they utterly destroyed them and their cities.--The meaning of the verb which is here employed is to devote to destruction, and hence to destroy utterly. It does not clearly appear whether this destruction was effected at once, or whether the fulfilment of the vow took place at a later period. (See <a href="/joshua/12-14.htm" title="The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;">Joshua 12:14</a>; <a href="/judges/1-17.htm" title="And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.">Judges 1:17</a>.) If the attack of the Canaanites was made at the time of the final departure from Kadesh, the latter view must be maintained, as it can scarcely be supposed that the cities could have been rebuilt and again destroyed in so short an interval.And he called the name of the place Hormah.--Better, And the name of the place was called Hormah. The word Hormah--i.e., a devoted thing--is cognate with the verb which occurs in this and the preceding verse, and which is rendered utterly destroy. The place is so called by anticipation in <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm" title="Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah.">Numbers 14:45</a>, and, as in regard to other names (e.g., Bethel and Jacob), the name was probably given anew to the place on a later occasion (<a href="/judges/1-17.htm" title="And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.">Judges 1:17</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - They utterly destroyed them and their cities. Rather, "they banned (יַּחַרֵם - ἀναθεμάτισεν) them and their cities." No doubt the banning implies here their utter destruction, because it is not the vow before the battle, but the carrying of it out after the victory, which is here spoken cf. And he called the name of the place Hormah. Rather, "the name of the place was called (impersonal use of the transitive) Charmah." חָרְמָה. Septuagint, Ἀνάθεμα. It is not very clear what place received this name at this time. It does not appear to have been Arid itself, as would have seemed most natural, because Arid and Hormah are mentioned side by side in <a href="/joshua/12-14.htm">Joshua 12:14</a>. It is identified with Zephath in <a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Judges 1:17</a>. It may have been the place where the victory was won which gave all the cities of Arid to destruction. Whether it was the Hormah mentioned in chapter Numbers 14:45 is very doubtful (see note there). The nomenclature of the Jews, especially as to places, and most especially as to places with which their own connection was passing or broken, was vague and confused in the extreme, and nothing can be more unsatisfactory than arguments which turn upon the shifting names of places long ago perished and forgotten. It must be added that the three verses which narrate the chastisement of this Canaanite chieftain have caused immense embarrassment to commentators. If the incident is narrated in its proper order of time, it must have happened during the stay of the Israelites under Mount Hor, when they had finally left the neighbourhood of the Negeb, and were separated from the king of Arid by many days' march, and by a most impracticable country. It is therefore generally supposed that the narrative is out of place, and that it really belongs to the time when Israel was gathered together for the second time at Kadesh, and When his reappearance there in force might well have given rise to the report that be was about to invade Canaan from that side. This is unsatisfactory, because no plausible reason can be assigned for the insertion of the notice where it stands, both here and in <a href="/numbers/33-40.htm">Numbers 33:40</a>. To say that Moses wished to bring it into juxtaposition with the victories recorded in the latter part of the chapter, from which it is separated by the incident of the fiery serpents, and the brief record of many journeys, is to confess that no explanation can be invented which has the least show of reason. If the narrative be displaced, the displacement must simply be due to accident or interpolation. Again, it would seem quite inconsistent with the position and plans of Israel since the rebellion of Kadesh that any invasion and conquest, even temporary, of any part of Canaan should be made at this time, and that especially if the attack was not made until Israel was lying in the Arabah on his way round the land of Edom. It is therefore supposed by some that the vow only was made at this time, and the ban suspended over the place, and that it was only carried out as part of the general conquest under Joshua; that, in fact, the fulfillment of the vow is narrated in <a href="/joshua/12-14.htm">Joshua 12:14</a>; <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16, 17</a>. This, however, throws the narrative as it stands into confusion and discredit, for the ban and the destruction become a mockery and an unreality if nothing more was done to the towns of the king of Arad than was done at the same time to the towns of all his neighbours. It would be more reverent to reject the story as an error or a falsehood than to empty it of the meaning which it was obviously intended to convey. We are certainly meant to understand that the vow was there and then accepted by God, and was there and then carried into effect by Israel; the towns of Arad were depopulated and destroyed as far as lay in their power, although they may have been immediately reoccupied. There are only two theories which are worth considering. 1. The narrative may really be displaced, for what cause we do not know. If so, it would he more satisfactory to refer it, not to the time of the second encampment at Kadesh, but to the time of the first, during the absence of the spies in Canaan. It is probable that their entry was known, as was the case with Joshua's spies (<a href="/joshua/2-2.htm">Joshua 2:2</a>); and nothing could be more likely than that the king of Arad, suspecting what would follow, should attempt to anticipate invasion by attack. If it were so it might help to account for the rash confidence shown by the people afterwards (<a href="/numbers/14-40.htm">Numbers 14:40</a>), for the mention of Hormah (<a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Numbers 14:45</a>), and for the reappearance of kings of Hormah and of Arad in the days of <a href="/joshua/2.htm">Joshua 2</a>. The narrative may after all be in place. That the Israelites lay for thirty days under Mount Hor is certain, and they may have been longer. During this period they could not get pasture for their cattle on the side of Edom, and they may have wandered far and wide in search of it. It may have been but a comparatively small band which approached the Negeb near enough to be attacked, and which, by the help of God, was enabled to defeat the king of Arad, and to lay waste his towns. It had certainly been no great feat for all Israel to overthrow a border chieftain who could not possibly have brought 5000 men into the field. CHAPTERS 21:4-9 THE FIERY SERPENTS (verses 4-9). <a href="/commentaries/numbers/21-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel heard וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע (way·yiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently Israel’s יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc plea בְּק֣וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound and delivered up וַיִּתֵּן֙ (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set the Canaanites. הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan Israel completely destroyed וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם (way·ya·ḥă·rêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2763.htm">Strong's 2763: </a> To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose them אֶתְהֶ֖ם (’eṯ·hem) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and their cities; עָרֵיהֶ֑ם (‘ā·rê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement so they named וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read the place הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition Hormah. חָרְמָֽה׃ (ḥā·rə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2767.htm">Strong's 2767: </a> Hormah -- 'asylum', a place in Simeon <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/21-3.htm">Numbers 21:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/21-3.htm">OT Law: Numbers 21:3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/21-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 21:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 21:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 21:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>