Deuteronomy 1:42-44

Lexham English Bible

⁴² So Yahweh said to me, ‘Say to them, “You shall not go up, and you shall not fight because I am not in your midst; you will be defeated before^[a] your enemies.”’ ⁴³ So I spoke to you, but you did not listen; you rebelled against the command of Yahweh;^[b] you behaved presumptuously, and you went up into the hill country. ⁴⁴ The Amorites living in the hill country went out to oppose you^[c] and chased you as a swarm of wild honey bees do; and so they beat^[d] you down in Seir as far as Hormah.