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Deuteronomy 1:41-45

41Then ye answeredוַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ׀va.ta.'a.NuH6030and saidוַתֹּאמְר֣וּva.to.me.RuH559unto me, We have sinnedחָטָאנוּ֮cha.ta.NuH2398against Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֒la.Yah.wehH3068,we will go upנַעֲלֶה֙na.'a.LehH5927and fightוְנִלְחַ֔מְנוּve.nil.Cham.nuH3898,according to all that Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430commandedצִוָּ֖נוּtzi.Va.nuH6680us. And when ye had girdedוַֽתַּחְגְּר֗וּva.tach.ge.RuH2296on every manאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376his weaponsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627of warמִלְחַמְתּ֔וֹmil.cham.ToH4421,ye were readyוַתָּהִ֖ינוּva.ta.Hi.nuH1951to go upלַעֲלֹ֥תla.'a.LotH5927into the hillהָהָֽרָה׃ha.Ha.rahH2022.

42And Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Sayאֱמֹ֤ר'e.MorH559unto them, Go not upתַֽעֲלוּ֙ta.'a.LuH5927,neither fightתִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וּti.La.cha.MuH3898; for I amnot amongבְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑םbe.kir.be.KhemH7130you; lest ye be smittenתִּנָּֽגְפ֔וּti.na.ge.FuH5062beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440your enemiesאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.KhemH341.

43So I spakeוָאֲדַבֵּ֥רva.'a.da.BerH1696unto you; and ye would not hearשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085,but rebelledוַתַּמְרוּ֙va.tam.RuH4784against the commandmentפִּ֣יpiH6310of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and wentH5927presumptuouslyוַתָּזִ֖דוּva.ta.Zi.duH2102upH5927into the hillהָהָֽרָה׃ha.Ha.rahH2022.

44And the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֜יha.'e.mo.RiH567,which dweltהַיֹּשֵׁ֨בhai.yo.ShevH3427in that mountainבָּהָ֤רba.HarH2022,came outוַיֵּצֵ֨אvai.ye.Tze'H3318againstH7125you, and chasedוַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּvai.yir.de.FuH7291you, as beesהַדְּבֹרִ֑יםha.de.vo.RimH1682doתַּעֲשֶׂ֖ינָהta.'a.Sei.nahH6213,and destroyedוַֽיַּכְּת֥וּvai.ya.ke.TuH3807you in Seirבְּשֵׂעִ֖ירbe.se.'IrH8165, evenunto Hormahחָרְמָֽה׃cha.re.MahH2767.

45And ye returnedוַתָּשֻׁ֥בוּva.ta.Shu.vuH7725and weptוַתִּבְכּ֖וּva.tiv.KuH1058beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;But Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068would not hearkenשָׁמַ֤עsha.Ma'H8085to your voiceבְּקֹ֣לְכֶ֔םbe.Ko.le.KhemH6963,nor give earהֶאֱזִ֖יןhe.'e.ZinH238unto you.

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