You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone ¹  doing what seems best to him,

He ¹  did not make this covenant with our ancestors ²  but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ¹  by describing people who are more numerous ²  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ³  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ⁴  Anakites ⁵  there.”

Then you responded to me and admitted, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.