³⁵ Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

⁷ And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why^(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?^(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

⁸ Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?