Numbers 14:40-45
English Standard Version
40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, (A)“Here we are. We will go up to the place that the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.” 41 (B)But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, when that will not succeed? 42 (C)Do not go up, (D)for the Lord is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies. 43 For there (E)the Amalekites and the Canaanites are facing you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.” 44 (F)But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither (G)the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. 45 Then (H)the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to (I)Hormah.
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Numbers 14:40-45
New Living Translation
40 Then they got up early the next morning and went to the top of the range of hills. “Let’s go,” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the Lord has promised us.”
41 But Moses said, “Why are you now disobeying the Lord’s orders to return to the wilderness? It won’t work. 42 Do not go up into the land now. You will only be crushed by your enemies because the Lord is not with you. 43 When you face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered. The Lord will abandon you because you have abandoned the Lord.”
44 But the people defiantly pushed ahead toward the hill country, even though neither Moses nor the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant left the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah.
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