37. these men who had spread discouraging reports about the land were struck down by the Lord and died.
38. Only Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, survived of all the men who had gone to reconnoiter the land.
39. When Moses repeated these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.
40. Early the next morning they started up high into the hill country, saying, “Here we are, ready to go up to the place that the Lord spoke of: for we did wrong.”
41. But Moses said, “Why are you now transgressing the Lord’s order? This cannot succeed.
42. Do not go up, because the Lord is not in your midst; do not allow yourself to be struck down by your enemies.
43. For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. You have turned back from following the Lord; therefore the Lord will not be with you.”
44. Yet they dared to go up high into the hill country, even though neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses left the camp.
45. And the Amalekites and Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down and defeated them, beating them back as far as Hormah.