Mínshùjì 21:4-9

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 ,

5 Jiù yuàn £¿ £¿ shén hé Móxī shuō , nǐmen wèishénme bǎ wǒmen cóng Āijí lǐng chūlai , shǐ wǒmen sǐ zaì kuàngyĕ ne , zhèlǐ méiyǒu liáng , méiyǒu shuǐ , wǒmen de xīn yànwù zhè dàn bó de shíwù .

6 Yúshì Yēhéhuá shǐ huǒ shé jìnrù bǎixìng zhōngjiān , shé jiù yǎo tāmen . Yǐsèliè rén zhōng sǐ le xǔduō .

7 Bǎixìng dào Móxī nàli , shuō , wǒmen yuàn £¿ £¿ Yēhéhuá hé nǐ , yǒu zuì le . qiú nǐ dǎogào Yēhéhuá , jiào zhèxie shé líkāi wǒmen . yúshì Móxī wéi bǎixìng dǎogào .

8 Yēhéhuá duì Móxī shuō , nǐ zhìzào yī tiaó huǒ shé , guà zaì gānzi shàng . fán beì yǎo de , yī wàng zhè shé , jiù bì de huó .

9 Móxī biàn zhìzào yī tiaó tóng shé , guà zaì gānzi shàng . fán beì shé yǎo de , yī wàng zhè tóng shé jiù huó le .

Mínshùjì 21:4-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 21

This chapter gives an account of the defeat of King Arad, the Canaanite, Nu 21:1-3 of the murmurings of the children of Israel, because of difficulties in travelling round, the land of Edom, for which they were punished with fiery serpents, Nu 21:4-6 and how that upon their repentance a brazen serpent was ordered to be made, and to be erected on a pole, that whoever looked to it might live, Nu 21:7-9 and of the several journeys and stations of the children of Israel, until they came to the land of the Amorites, Nu 21:10-20, when they sent a message to Sihon their king, to desire him to grant them a passage through his country; but he refusing, they fought with him, smote him, and possessed his land, concerning which many proverbial sayings were used, Nu 21:21-32 and the chapter is concluded with the defeat of Og, king of Bashan, Nu 21:33-35.