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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Victory over Arad. 1When the
Canaanite, the king of Arad,* who ruled over the Negeb,a heard
that the Israelites were coming along the way of Atharim, he
engaged Israel in battle and took some of them captive. 2Israel
then made this vow to the LORD: “If you deliver this people into
my hand, I will put their cities under the ban.”b 3The LORD paid
attention to Israel and delivered up the Canaanites,c and they
put them and their cities under the ban. Hence that place was
named Hormah.* The Bronze Serpent. 4From Mount Hor they set out
by way of the Red Sea, to bypass the land of Edom, but the
people’s patience was worn out by the journey; 5so the people
complainedd against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up
from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or
water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!”* 6So the LORD
sent among the people seraph* serpents, which bite the people so
that many of th