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43 The Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you. They will kill you with their swords. That will happen because you have refused to obey the Lord. So the Lord will not be with you to help you.’

44 But the people did not listen to Moses. Moses and the Lord's Covenant Box stayed in the camp. But still the men went up to the top of the hills. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills ran down. They attacked the Israelite men and they chased them to Hormah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 14:45 Hormah was a town on the south of Canaan. See Joshua 15:30.

43 for the Amalekites(A) and the Canaanites(B) will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, he will not be with you(C) and you will fall by the sword.”

44 Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up(D) toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp.(E) 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites(F) who lived in that hill country(G) came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.(H)

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