Numbers 14:45
in Numbers 14Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
KJV
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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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 earlier name, Zephath Jdg 1:17, with es-Safah on the southeastern frontier of Canaan, by which the Israelites quitted the Arabah for the higher ground, (or with Sebaita, which lies further to the west, about 25 miles north of Ain Gadis).
This site's exposition
the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you
on Numbers 14:43-45
They presume to go up and the ark of the covenant and Moses stay in the camp, so the army goes without the two things that made it an army. Amalek is there, as it was at Rephidim in Exodus 17, and the rout runs as far as Hormah. Deuteronomy 1:41-45 retells the same day and adds that they wept before the LORD and he would not hearken.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
With the glory of the Lord - With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people. My glory - That is, my glorious appearances in the cloud, and in the tabernacle. Ten times - That is, many times.
Then the Amalekites came down,....
And this is written for our admonition, that we "fall not after the same example of unbelief." The Murmuring of the Israelites. 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance.
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֤רֶד | vaiyered | and he came down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ | haamalki | the Amalekite[s] | H6003 → | 12 times |
| וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | vehakenaani | and the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב | haiyoshev | who dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּהָ֣ר | bahar | in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַה֑וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַיַּכּ֥וּם | vaiyakum | and they struck them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם | vaiyaketum | and they scattered them | H3807 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃ פ | hacharemah | <the> Hormah | H2767 → |
וַיֵּ֤רֶדand he came down
vaiyeredH3381 →381 times
הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙the Amalekite[s]
haamalkiH6003 →12 times
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יand the Canaanite[s]
vehakenaaniH3669 →73 times
הַיֹּשֵׁ֖בwho dwelt
haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times
בָּהָ֣רin the hill country
baharH2022 →546 times
הַה֑וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
וַיַּכּ֥וּםand they struck them
vaiyakumH5221 →499 times
וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּםand they scattered them
vaiyaketumH3807 →
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃ פ<the> Hormah
hacharemahH2767 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
- Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Leviticus 26:8
Through
Judges 1:17Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:3
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 21:3
Through
Deuteronomy 1:44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
it leads to
- Psalms 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Psalms 118:12
Through
Numbers 21:3And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:44
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 1:44
Through
Numbers 14:43For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.