Deuteronomy 1:40-42

Young's Literal Translation

⁴⁰ and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.

⁴¹ `And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we -- we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country;

⁴² and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.