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And they rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we will go up to the place which Jehovah has said, for we have sinned.

And Moses said, Why do you now transgress the mouth of Jehovah, since it will not prosper?

Do not go up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and you will be defeated by your enemies.

For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you; and you shall fall by the sword because you have turned back from following Jehovah; and Jehovah is not with you.

And they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses did not leave the middle of the camp.

And the Amalekite and the Canaanite living in that mountain came down and struck them, and beat them down, to Hormah.