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38 aBut Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.  

A Futile Invasion Attempt

39 Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, aand the people mourned greatly.  
40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, a“Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!”  
41 And Moses said, “Now why do you1 transgress the command of the Lord? For this will not succeed.  
42 aDo not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.  
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; abecause you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”  
44 aBut they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp.  
45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as aHormah. 
Book Notes:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers

NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the first through the tenth chapters, appears to be a supplement to Leviticus, being occupied with relating the appointment of the Levites to the sacred offices. The journal of the march through the wilderness is then given as far as Numbers 21:20; after which the early incidents of the invasion are narrated. One direct quotation only from this book (Numbers 16:5) is made in the New Testament (II Timothy 2:19); but indirect references to it by the later sacred writers are very numerous.

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