Mínshùjì 21:2

2 Yǐsèliè rén xiàng Yēhéhuá fā yuàn shuō , nǐ ruò jiàng zhè mín jiāofù wǒ shǒu , wǒ jiù bǎ tāmende chéngyì jìn xíng huǐmiè .

Mínshùjì 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:2

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 said, if thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand;
certainly and entirely deliver them, so as that a complete victory shall be obtained over them:

then will I utterly destroy their cities;
or "anathematize", or devote them to utter destruction ^F15; slay man and beast, burn their houses and take their goods, not for a spoil, for their own private use, but reserve them for the service of God; all which is implied in the vow made, as was done to Jericho, ( Joshua 6:21 Joshua 6:24 ) and so it is a vow, as Abendana observes, of what they would do when they came to the land of Canaan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ytmrxhw) "et anathematisabo", Montanus; "devovebo", Tigurine version.

Mínshùjì 21:2 In-Context

1 Zhù nán dì de Jiānán rén yà lā de wáng , tīngshuō Yǐsèliè rén cóng yà tā lín lù lái , jiù hé Yǐsèliè rén zhēng zhàn , lǔ le tāmen jǐ gèrén .

2 Yǐsèliè rén xiàng Yēhéhuá fā yuàn shuō , nǐ ruò jiàng zhè mín jiāofù wǒ shǒu , wǒ jiù bǎ tāmende chéngyì jìn xíng huǐmiè .

3 Yēhéhuá yīngyún le Yǐsèliè rén , bǎ Jiānán rén jiāofù tāmen , tāmen jiù bǎ Jiānán rén hé Jiānán rén de chéngyì jìn xíng huǐmiè . nà dìfang de míng biàn jiào Héĕrmǎ ( héĚr mǎ jiù shì huǐmiè de yìsi ) .

4 Tāmen cóng hé Ěr shān qǐ xíng , wǎng Hónghǎi nà tiaó lù zǒu , yào rǎo guò Yǐdōng dì . bǎixìng yīn zhè lù nán xíng , xīn zhōng shén shì fán zào ,

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