Numbers 14:40-45 Early the next morning they headed into the mountains. They said: »We have sinned. Now we will go to the place Jehovah promised.«

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴⁰ Early the next morning they headed into the mountains. They said: »We have sinned. Now we will go to the place Jehovah promised.« ⁴¹ Moses asked: »Why are you disobeying Jehovah’s command? Your plan will not work! ⁴² »Do not go! Your enemies will defeat you because Jehovah is not with you. ⁴³ »The Amalekites and Canaanites are there. You will die in battle. Now that you have turned away from Jehovah, he will not be with you.« ⁴⁴ But they headed into the mountains anyway. The Ark of the Jehovah’s promise and Moses stayed in the camp. ⁴⁵ The Amalekites and Canaanites who lived there came down from those mountains, attacked the Israelites, and defeated them at Hormah.