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Numbers 14:45

Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Unto Hormah - literally, “the Hormah:” i. e. “the banning,” or “ban-place.” Compare Num 21:3; Jos 12:14. According to the view taken of Kadesh (see Num 13:26), Hormah is identified, through its…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 14:36-45

Here is, I. The sudden death of the ten evil spies. While the sentence was passing upon the people, before it was published, they died of the plague before the Lord, Num 14:36, Num 14:37. Now,

1. God…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

which dwelt in that hill country] See on Num 14:14.

Hormah lit. -the Hormah"; but it occurs here only with the article. A town or district in the south of Palestine whose site is unknown. In Num 21:3…