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Numbers 21:3

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hearkened: Psalms 10:17, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 102:17

and they utterly: Wyyacharem:, rather with the LXX και ανεθεματισεν:, "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua (Joshua 12:14).

the name: Numbers 14:45; Deuteronomy 1:44; 1 Samuel 30:30 Hormah:, that is, utter destruction. Chormah:, rather a devoting to destruction, so LXX Αναθεμα:, and Tremellius, devotio sive anathema:.

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