Талмуд к Дварим 7:23

HALAKHAH: “Your heart should not soften,” etc. It is written³¹Ps. 18:13–15.: “From the radiation that surrounds Him, His clouds,” against their cavalry squads³²Latin turma “squadron”. In similar stories in Yalqut Šim‘oni 230, 232: טורמיות., “passed,” against their cohorts. “Hailstorm,” against their missile throwers³³Latin ballista, ballistra “military machine, stone-throwing machine”. In a Genizah fragment, the word is spelled בליצרה.. “And embers,” against their throwing machines³⁴Latin tormentum, “missile throwing machine”.. “Of fire,” against their naphta. “He thundered from Heaven³⁵In the verse, “He thundered in Heaven”.,” against their torches³⁶In a Genizah fragment, כנגד סלפידס שלהן. One might read סַלְפִּידְס for Greek σάλπιγξ “heavenly trumpet, thunder”. This fits much better to “thunder” than the “torches” of both mss.. “The Most High made His voice heard,” against the sound of their horns. “He sent His arrows,” against their arrows. “And dispersed them,”, this teaches that they were dispersing them. Rebbi Abba bar Cahana said, this teaches that they were in rectangular formations, that the arrows dispersed them but the lightnings were bringing them together. “Lightnings,” against their swords. “And confused them,” He confused them, made them disoriented, and felled their standard³⁷Latin signum, “standard”. In a similar version, Tanḥuma Bešallaḥ 23, “He felled their standard and so made them disoriented.” In a Genizah fragment, the word is vocalized הֲסִיגְנַס.. Rebbi said,³⁸In a Genizah fragment: דָּבָר אַחֵר “another explanation”. the expression “and confounded them” means only pestilence, as it is written³⁹Deut. 7:23.: “He will confuse them in a great confusion until He destroyed them.”