BRAGADAYJAH 455
Israel’s Victory over Arad,
King of the Canaanites
When King Arad heard that
Israel was attempting to pass over the territory by the route of the spies, he
declared war on Israel and took some of them prisoners. And Israel petitioned the Lord and made a
promise to Him that if He would deliver the Canaanites into their hands, that
they would utterly destroy their cities; and the Lord heard them and granted Israel
their petition. And so Israel utterly destroyed
the city of the Canaanites, and they called the name of the place Hormah, and
they journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea in order to circumvent the
land of Edom; but the people became discouraged by the circuitous route and
their heart failed them.
As usual the people began to
complain against God and Moses asking why they had been brought out of Egypt to
die in the wilderness; for there was no food and no water and indeed their
souls loathed this new land.
And in response to their most
recent griping, the Lord sent serpents among them which stung many of them to
death.
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