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Numbers 21 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers or songs. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 21:14-15, 17-18, 27-30, which are important quotations.
Special concepts in this chapter
Ungrateful
The Israelites said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food." After all Yahweh had done, they were very ungrateful. This showed their lack of faith and trust in Yahweh. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust)