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Numbers 21:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 21:2

Verse 2 of 35

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 21:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 21:2

Theological / Devotional

Vowed a vow. This is a form of request to Jehovah for help in punishing the king of Arad (see Gen. 28:20; Judges 11:30; 1 Sam. 1:11; 2 Sam. 15:8).

Utterly destroy their cities. Literally, “I will dedicate their cities,” using the verb root of the word translated “devoted” in Lev. 27:29. The import of this is that the spoils of those cities should be devoted to God and His service (see Deut. 7:1,2; Joshua 6:17, 21). When anything was devoted to God it could not be put to secular use.

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