Numbers 14:40-45
Legacy Standard Bible
40 In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the [a]ridge of the hill country, saying, “(A)Here we are; we will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised because we have indeed sinned.” 41 But Moses said, “(B)Why then do you trespass against the [b]command of Yahweh, when it will not succeed? 42 (C)Do not go up, for Yahweh is not among you, so that you are not [c]defeated before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following Yahweh. And Yahweh will not be with you.” 44 But they went up heedlessly to the [d]ridge of the hill country; neither (D)the ark of the covenant of Yahweh nor Moses moved from the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as (E)Hormah.
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- Numbers 14:40 Or top of the mountain
- Numbers 14:41 Lit mouth
- Numbers 14:42 Lit smitten
- Numbers 14:44 Or top of the mountain
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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