39. And Moshe told these sayings unto Kol Bnei Yisroel: and HaAm mourned greatly.
40. And they rose up early in the boker, and went up into the height of the hill country, saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Hashem hath promised: for we have sinned.
41. And Moshe said, Why now do ye transgress the utterance of Hashem? This will not succeed.
42. Go not up, for Hashem is not among you; that ye be not struck down before your enemies.
43. For the Amaleki and the Kena'ani are there before you, and ye shall fall by the cherev: because ye are turned away from Hashem, therefore Hashem will not be with you.
44. But they presumed to go up unto the ridge of the mountain: nevertheless the Aron Brit Hashem, and Moshe, departed not out of the machaneh.
45. Then the Amaleki came down, and the Kena'ani which dwelt in that hill country, and struck them down, and put them to rout, even unto Chormah.