36. And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,
37. even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.
38. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.
39. And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.
40. And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.
41. And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
42. Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies;
43. for the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; for as ye have turned away from Jehovah, Jehovah will not be with you.
44. Yet they presumed to go up to the hill-top; but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not depart from the midst of the camp.
45. And the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt on that hill, came down and smote them, and cut them to pieces, as far as Hormah.