^{14 Ref} and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

^{15 Ref} Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

^{16 Ref} Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.