Numbers 21:1-3
Arad Num 33:40; Josh 12:14; Judg 1:16 the way of the spies Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the word atharim, rendered spies in our version, is in the Greek a proper name (Αθαρειν, (Atharim). Num 13:21-22, Num 14:45 then Deut 2:32; Josh 7:5, Josh 11:19-20; Ps 44:3-4 vowed Gen 28:20; Judg 11:30; 1Sam 1:11; 2Sam 15:7-8; Ps 56:12-13, Ps 116:18; Ps 132:2 I will Lev 27:28-29; Deut 13:15; Josh 6:17, Josh 6:26; 1Cor 16:22 hearkened Ps 10:17, Ps 91:15, Ps 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 (Josh 12:14). the name Num 14:45; Deut 1:44; 1Sam 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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