^{40 Ref} and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we `are', and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

^{41 Ref} And Moses saith, `Why `is' this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

^{42 Ref} go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

^{43 Ref} for the Amalekite and the Canaanite `are' there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you.'

^{44 Ref} And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.