Deuteronomy 1:41-44

New King James Version

⁴¹ “Then you answered and said to me, ^(A)‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain.

⁴² “And the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them, ^(B)“Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.” ’ ⁴³ So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but ^(C)rebelled against the command of the Lord, and ^(D)presumptuously^[a] went up into the mountain. ⁴⁴ And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you ^(E)as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah.