Mínshùjì 21:1-3

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 ) .

Mínshùjì 21:1-3 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.