Números 21:3

3 El Señor
oyó la petición de los israelitas y les dio la victoria sobre los cananeos. Así que los israelitas los destruyeron por completo junto con sus ciudades y desde entonces ese lugar se conoce como Horma.

Números 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:3

And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel
In their prayers and vows; with acceptance heard, and answered them according to their wish:

and delivered up the Canaanites:
into their hands, gave them victory over them:

and they utterly destroyed them and their cities;
that is, "anathematized" them, and devoted them to destruction; for as yet they did not actually destroy them, since we read of Arad afterwards, ( Joshua 12:14 ) , but this they did in Joshua's time, when the whole land of Canaan came into their hands; for had they entered the land now, and took and destroyed the cities belonging to Arad, they would doubtless have proceeded, and pursued their conquests, and not have returned into the wilderness again to go round about Edom, in order to enter another way; many think, as Aben Ezra observes on ( Numbers 21:1 ) that this section was written by Joshua, after the land was subdued:

and he called the name of the place Hormah;
which before was called Zephath, and it seems to have its name from various disasters which happened at this place; as the defeat of the Israelites by the Amalekites, ( Numbers 14:45 ) , and here of the Canaanites by the Israelites, and afterwards of the inhabitants of this place by Judah and Simeon, ( Judges 1:17 ) it had its name from "Cherem", the anathema or destruction it was devoted to.

Números 21:3 In-Context

1 Victoria sobre los cananeos
El rey cananeo de Arad que vivía en el Neguev oyó que los israelitas se acercaban por el camino que atraviesa Atarim. Así que atacó a los israelitas y tomó a algunos como prisioneros.

2 Entonces Israel hizo un voto al Señor
: «Si entregas a este pueblo en nuestras manos, destruiremos
por completo todas sus ciudades».

3 El Señor
oyó la petición de los israelitas y les dio la victoria sobre los cananeos. Así que los israelitas los destruyeron por completo junto con sus ciudades y desde entonces ese lugar se conoce como Horma.

4 La serpiente de bronce
Luego el pueblo de Israel salió del monte Hor y tomó el camino hacia el mar Rojo
para bordear la tierra de Edom; pero el pueblo se impacientó con tan larga jornada

5 y comenzó a hablar contra Dios y Moisés: «¿Por qué nos sacaron de Egipto para morir aquí en el desierto? —se quejaron—. Aquí no hay nada para comer ni agua para beber. ¡Además, detestamos este horrible maná!».