Deuteronomy 1:44

1:44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area ¹  confronted ²  you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah. ³ 

Deuteronomy 16:20

16:20 You must pursue justice alone ⁴  so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 30:7

30:7 Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

Deuteronomy 32:30

32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, ⁵ 

and two pursue ten thousand;

unless their Rock had delivered them up, ⁶ 

and the Lord had handed them over?

¹ tn Heb “in that hill country,” repeating the end of v. 43.

² tn Heb “came out to meet.”

³ 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 tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).

⁷ tn The words “man” and “of them” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “sold them” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).