^{39 Ref} And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

^{40 Ref} And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

^{41 Ref} And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

^{42 Ref} Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

^{43 Ref} For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

^{44 Ref} But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

^{45 Ref} Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.