Numbers 14:36-45 ▼

36 Then the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land, [who] then return and cause all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

37 even the men bringing out an evil account of the land, they die by the plague before YHWH;

38 and Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh have lived, of those men who go to spy out the land.

39 And Moses speaks these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

40 and they rise early in the morning, and go up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we [are], and we have come up to the place which YHWH has spoken of, for we have sinned.”

41 And Moses says, “Why [is] this [that] you are transgressing the command of YHWH? For it does not prosper;

42 do not go up, for YHWH is not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies;

43 for the Amalekite and the Canaanite [are] there before you, and you have fallen by the sword, because that you have turned back from after YHWH, and YHWH is not with you.”

44 And they presume to go up to the top of the mountain, but the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, and Moses, have not departed out of the midst of the camp.

45 And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and strike them, and beat them down to Hormah.