39. And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
41. And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?
42. Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.