42 (A)Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, [a]to prevent you from being defeated [b]by your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there [c]to confront you, and you will fall by the sword, since you have turned back from following the Lord. And the Lord will not be with you.” 44 But they foolishly dared to go up to the [d]ridge of the hill country; neither (B)the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses left the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:42 Lit so that you are not
  2. Numbers 14:42 Lit before
  3. Numbers 14:43 Lit before you
  4. Numbers 14:44 Or top of the mountain

42 Do not go up, because the Lord is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,(A) 43 for the Amalekites(B) and the Canaanites(C) will face you there. Because you have turned away from the Lord, he will not be with you(D) and you will fall by the sword.”

44 Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up(E) toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the Lord’s covenant moved from the camp.(F)

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