Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Then you answered and said to me, 'We have sinned against the LORD, and we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' And when each of you had put on your weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hills.
The writer is recounting how the Israelites finally admitted they had sinned and decided to obey God's command to fight for the Promised Land, but their timing was now wrong.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is recounting the Israelites' journey from Egypt to the edge of the Promised Land, reminding them of their past failures and God's faithfulness. After the spies returned with a report of giants and fortified cities, the people rebelled against God by refusing to enter Canaan, resulting in His decree that the current generation would wander in the wilderness for forty years. When they later attempted to fight and enter the land as God had originally commanded, it was too late because their action came after God's judgment and not in true repentance.
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