Deuteronomy 1:40-42

International Standard Version

⁴⁰ But as for you, prepare to set out for the desert on the way to the Reed^[a] Sea.’

⁴¹ “You responded to me and said, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight according to what the Lord our God commanded.’ So each man put on his weapon for battle and recklessly started out for the hill country.”

The Amorites Defeat Israel

⁴² “Then the Lord told me: ‘Tell them not to go up and fight because I will not be in their midst, or else you will be defeated before your enemies.’