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44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area[a] confronted[b] you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.[c] 45 Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he[d] paid no attention to you whatsoever.[e] 46 Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time—indeed, for the full time.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:44 tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:44 tn Heb “came out to meet.”
  3. Deuteronomy 1:44 sn Hormah is probably Khirbet el-Meshash, 5.5 mi (9 km) west of Arad and 7.5 mi (12 km) SE of Beer Sheba. Its name is a derivative of the verb חָרָם (kharam, “to ban; to exterminate”). See Num 21:3.
  4. Deuteronomy 1:45 tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:45 tn Heb “did not hear your voice and did not turn an ear to you.”
  6. Deuteronomy 1:46 tn Heb “like the days which you lived.” This refers to the rest of the forty-year period in the desert before Israel arrived in Moab.

44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees(A) and beat you down from Seir(B) all the way to Hormah.(C) 45 You came back and wept before the Lord,(D) but he paid no attention(E) to your weeping and turned a deaf ear(F) to you. 46 And so you stayed in Kadesh(G) many days—all the time you spent there.

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