and the LORDsentyou on a mission,and said,Goand utterlydestroythe sinners,the Amalekites,and fightagainst them untilthey are exterminated.'
Now the menof Sodomwere wickedexceedinglyand sinnersagainst the LORD.
Then they turnedbackand cameto En-mishpat(that is, Kadesh),and conqueredallthe countryof the Amalekites,and alsothe Amorites,who livedin Hazazon-tamar.
"Then in the fourthgenerationthey will returnhere,for the iniquityof the Amoriteis not yetcomplete."
"Is it not calamityto the unjustAnd disasterto those who workiniquity?
The wayof the LORDis a strongholdto the upright,But ruinto the workersof iniquity.
Adversitypursuessinners,But the righteouswill be rewardedwith prosperity.
"As for the censersof thesemenwhohave sinnedat the cost of their lives,let them be madeinto hammeredsheetsfor a platingof the altar,sincethey did presentthem beforethe LORDand they are holy;and they shall be for a signto the sonsof Israel."
"We [are] Jewsby natureand not sinnersfrom amongthe Gentiles;
Nowgoand strikeAmalekand utterlydestroyallthat he has, and do not sparehim; but putto deathbothmanand woman,childand infant,oxand sheep,cameland donkey.'"
