 The Israelites replied that now they would go up and fight, just as God commanded them, but God told Moses to warn them not to, as God would not travel in their midst and they would be routed by their enemies.Moses told them, but they would not listen, but flouted God's command and willfully marched into the hill country.Then the Amorites who lived in those hills came out like so many bees and crushed the Israelites at Hormah in Seir.