Deuteronomy 1:41 Cross References - CLV

⁴¹ Then you answered and said to me:We have sinned against Yahweh our Elohim. We shall ascend, and we will fight according to all that Yahweh our Elohim has instructed us. So each man of you girded on his implements of war, and you thought it easy to ascend to the hill-country.

³⁹ Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly. ⁴⁰ They rose early in the morning and went up to the summit of the hill-country, saying:Behold us, now we will go up to the place of which Yahweh spoke, for we have sinned. ⁴¹ Moses said:Why is this? You are trespassing the bidding of Yahweh, so this shall not prosper. ⁴² Do not go up since Yahweh is not among you so that you not be stricken before your enemies. ⁴³ For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following Yahweh, Yahweh shall not be with you. ⁴⁴ Yet they presumed to go up to the summit of the hill-country though the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, were not removed from within the camp. ⁴⁵ The Amalekite and the Canaanite, dwelling in that hill-country, descended, smote them and pounded them as far as Hormah.

³⁴ Then Balaam said to the messenger of Yahweh:I was at fault, for I did not realize that you were stationed to meet me on the road. And now, if it is evil in your eyes let me return to mine.

³ A man's folly subverts his way, And his heart is irate against Yahweh."