Numbers 14:42

14:42 Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be ¹  defeated before your enemies.

Numbers 14:45

14:45 So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped ²  down and attacked them ³  as far as Hormah. ⁴ 

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¹ tn This verb could also be subordinated to the preceding: “that you be not smitten.”

² tn Heb “came down.”

³ tn The verb used here means “crush by beating,” or “pounded” them. The Greek text used “cut them in pieces.”

⁴ tn The name “Hormah” means “destruction”; it is from the word that means “ban, devote” for either destruction or temple use.