Numbers 21:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Israelites prayed, “Our LORD, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Jacob solemnly promised God, “If you go with me and watch over me as I travel, and if you give me food and clothes

Psalm 116:18

I will keep my promise to you when your people

Psalm 132:2

Mighty God of Jacob, remember how he promised:

1 Corinthians 16:22

I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn't love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon.

Deuteronomy 13:15

you must take your swords and kill every one of them, and their livestock too.

Deuteronomy 13:16

Gather all the possessions of the people who lived there, and pile them up in the market place, without keeping anything for yourself. Set the pile and the whole town on fire, and don't ever rebuild the town. The whole town will be a sacrifice to the LORD your God. Then he won't be angry any more, and he will have mercy on you and make you successful, just as he promised your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 20:16

Whenever you capture towns in the land the LORD your God is giving you, be sure to kill all the people and animals.

Deuteronomy 7:2

the LORD will force them out of the land. Then you must destroy them without mercy. Don't make any peace treaties with them,

Joshua 6:17

But you must destroy it and everything in it, to show that it now belongs to the LORD. The woman Rahab helped the spies we sent, so protect her and the others who are inside her house. But kill everyone else in the town.

Joshua 6:26

After Jericho was destroyed, Joshua warned the people, “Some day a man will rebuild Jericho, but the LORD will put a curse on him, and the man's eldest son will die when he starts to build the town wall. And by the time he finishes the wall and puts gates in it, all his children will be dead.”

Judges 11:30

he promised the LORD, “If you will let me defeat the Ammonites

1 Samuel 1:11

“LORD All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I will give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”