Numbers 14:42-44

Contemporary English Version

^42-43 so don't even try it. The Lord refuses to help you, because you turned your backs on him. The Amalekites and the Canaanites are your enemies, and they will attack and defeat you.”

⁴⁴ But the Israelites ignored Moses^[a] and marched toward the hill country, even though the sacred chest and Moses did not go with them.