Bible Verses

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in the hill country came down and defeated them, beating them back as far as Hormah.

They insisted on going up to the top of the mountain, but neither the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord nor Moses moved from inside the camp.

The Amalekites and the Canaanites are there ahead of you, and you will fall by the sword, for you turned away from following the Lord, and he will not be with you.”

Do not go up lest you be struck down by your enemies, for the Lord is not with you.

But Moses said: “Why will you disobey the Lord’s command? You will not succeed.

Defeat They rose early in the morning and went up to the mountain, saying: “Here we are! We have sinned, but now we are ready to go to the place the Lord spoke of.”

When Moses related this to the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

Only Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, survived out of those who went to explore the land.

those men who wickedly spread a dire report on the land, died of a plague before the Lord.