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Numbers 21:5
Numbers 21:5
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Numbers 21 — OverviewNumbers 21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe armies of Israel now begin to emerge out of the wilderness, and to
come into a land inhabited, to enter upon action, and take possession
of the frontiers of the land of promise. A glorious campaign this…Numbers 21 — OverviewNumbers 21 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNumbers 21:1, Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah; Numbers 21:4, The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents; Numbers 21:7, They repenting are healed by a brazen serpent; Numbers 21:10, Sundry journeys of…Numbers 21 — OverviewNumbers 21 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the defeat of King Arad, the Canaanite, Nu 21:1 of the murmurings of the children of Israel, because of difficulties in travelling round, the land of Edom, for which they were punished…Numbers 21:4-9Numbers 21:4-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. The fatigue of Israel by a long march round the land of
Edom, because they could not obtain passage through it the nearest way:
The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way, v. 4.…Numbers 21:4-9Numbers 21:4-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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The type of the brazen serpent lifted up in the wilderness is the only one which our Lord directly claims for himself as a type of his own crucifixion. No one can doubt that many other types, hardly…