Numbers 21:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN THE Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the South (the Negeb), heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.

Common English Bible

¹ When the Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain, heard that the Israelites were coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when king Arad the Canaanite, who was living toward the south, had heard this, namely, that Israel had arrived by the way of spies, he fought against them. And proving to be the victor, he led away prey from them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And when king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the south, had heard this: to wit, that Israel was come by the way of the spies, he fought against them, and overcoming them carried off their spoils.

Numbers 21:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:9

And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.

Numbers 14:45

And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,

Numbers 33:40

5 And departing from Ijeabarim they pitched their tents in Dibongab.

Deuteronomy 2:32

7 Except the land of the children of Ammon, to which we approached not: and all that border upon the torrent Jeboc, and the cities in the mountains, and all the places which the Lord our God forbade us.

Joshua 12:14

9 The king of Madon one, the king of Asor one,

Joshua 7:5

0 And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why liest thou flat on the ground?

Judges 1:16

1 But the sons of Benjamin did not destroy the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: and the Jebusite hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this present day.