41. But Moses asked, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? Your plan won’t work!
42. Don’t go! You will be defeated by your enemies because the Lord is not with you.
43. The Amalekites and Canaanites are there, and you will die in battle. Now that you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”
44. But they headed into the mountain region anyway, even though the ark of the Lord’s promise and Moses stayed in the camp.
45. The Amalekites and Canaanites who lived there came down from those mountains, attacked the Israelites, and defeated them at Hormah.