¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,^(A) he said, “Go up through the Negev^(B) and on into the hill country.^(C)

²⁵ Since the Amalekites^(A) and the Canaanites^(B) are living in the valleys, turn^(C) back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.^[a](D)”

⁴⁵ Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites^(A) who lived in that hill country^(B) came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.^(C)