Numbers 14:39-45 - Israel Defeated In Battle
39 And Moses told these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and got up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up to the place which LORD has promised, for we have sinned.
41 And Moses said, Why do ye now transgress the commandment of LORD, seeing it shall not prosper? 42 Do not go up, for LORD is not among you, that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword. Because ye have turned back from following LORD, therefore LORD will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain, nevertheless the ark of the covenant of LORD, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even to Hormah.