Numbers 14:39-45

39When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

40And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the Lord commanded, for we have sinned.”

41But Moses said, “Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the Lord? It will not succeed!

42Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”

44But they dared to go up to the crest of the hill, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp.

45So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.