--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Arad. Compare Joshua 12:14 . south = the Negeb. See Genesis 12:9 ; Genesis 13:1 , Genesis 13:3 ; Genesis 24:62 .Genesis 13:17 . came = was entering." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/numbers/21" --- **Arad.** Compare [Joshua 12:14](../../../kjv/joshua/12/14) . **south** = the *Negeb.* See [Genesis 12:9](../../../kjv/genesis/12/9) ; [Genesis 13:1](../../../kjv/genesis/13/1) , [Genesis 13:3](../../../kjv/genesis/13/3) ; [Genesis 24:62](../../../kjv/genesis/24/62) .[Genesis 13:17](../../../kjv/genesis/13/17) . **came** = was entering. **way of the spies.** [Numbers 13:21](../../../kjv/numbers/13/21) , &c. = "the way of the *Atharim* ", Septuagint so renders it, as a proper name; probably the name of the caravan route. **vowed a vow.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis = made a solemn vow. **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **wilt indeed deliver** = same Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), only here it is translated and emphatically expressed by the word "indeed". Hebrew = "a delivering Thou wilt deliver". **Canaanites.** The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch add "into his (i.e. Israel's) hand". **and their cities.** These destroyed after Israel came into the land. Compare [Joshua 12:14](../../../kjv/joshua/12/14) .[Judges 1:16](../../../kjv/judges/1/16) , [Judges 1:17](../../../kjv/judges/1/17) . **Hormah** = utter destruction. **soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh* ( App-13 ). **discouraged** = grieved or impatient. **God** *= Elohim.* They had lost sight of the covenant God, Jehovah. **Wherefore . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **our soul** = we. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **fiery serpents** = burning. Hebrew. *nacheshim saraphim.* Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), App-6 , because the effect of the bite was a burning sensation. Hebrew. *saraph* (see App-43 .) The *Seraphim* so called in [Isaiah 6:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/2) , because they were *burning* ones: hence the name for these serpents. In the same way *nachash, shining* one, is also used for serpents, because they are shining ones in appearance. See [Genesis 3:1](../../../kjv/genesis/3/1) , and compare App-19 . **said.** See note on [Numbers 3:40](../../../kjv/numbers/3/40) . **serpent** = Hebrew. *nachash,* a *shining* thing of brass, as in [Deuteronomy 8:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/15) . [2 Kings 18:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/4) , &c.: so that *nachash* is synonymous with *saraph,* and both words are thus used of serpents. **he lived.** Compare [John 3:14](../../../kjv/john/3/14) , [John 3:15](../../../kjv/john/3/15) . **children** = sons. **coasts** = border. **of the wars of the LORD.** This may *commence* the quotation, thus: "the wars of Jehovah [were with] Eth-Vaheb by the Red sea (or with a whirlwind. Hebrew. *Supha.* Compare [Amos 1:14](../../../kjv/amos/1/14) .[Isaiah 66:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/15) .[Nahum 1:3](../../../kjv/nahum/1/3) .[Jeremiah 4:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/13); [Jeremiah 4:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/13) ) and by the brooks of Arnon". Eth-Vaheb may be the proper name of the king of the Amorites, who took Heshbon, as in [Numbers 21:26](../../../kjv/numbers/21/26) . **the Red sea.** Hebrew. *Suphah,* a city situated as described here, and in [Deuteronomy 1:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/1) . Compare [1 Kings 9:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/26) . **the brooks of Arnon** = the outpouring of the torrents. **they went.** This *Ellipsis* is wrongly supplied. It should be "from thence toward Beer". No mention is made of Beer in the list of journeys in [Numbers 33](../../../kjv/numbers/33) . **spake.** See note on [Numbers 1:1](../../../kjv/numbers/1/1) . **this song.** See note on [Exodus 15:1](../../../kjv/exodus/15/1) . **they went.** No mention is made of any of these places in the itinerary in [Numbers 33](../../../kjv/numbers/33) . Why not supply "[the waters or streams] went" into all these places? See [Numbers 21:16](../../../kjv/numbers/21/16) . The Structure shows the scope of this member to be an "event"; "journeys" are the subject of the preceding member. Compare note on [Exodus 15:27](../../../kjv/exodus/15/27) . Note the *Alternation,* which gives the interpretation: The princes digged the well; The nobles of the people digged it, With the lawgiver [They digged it] with their staves. **country** = field. **Jeshimon** = the wilderness. **proverbs.** Hebrew poems. **the lords.** Hebrew. *Baalim.* **high places.** Compare [Numbers 22:41](../../../kjv/numbers/22/41) and [Jeremiah 48:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/35) . **We** = Israel. **we have laid, &c** ***,*** to end of verse. These two clauses are affected by the "extraordinary points" (see App-31 ), which necessitates the following rendering of [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30) , "We have shot them down: Heshbon is destroyed even unto Dibon, The women also even unto Nopha, And the men even unto Medeba. 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