Numbers 14:41

41 But Moses said, "Why [are] you going against the command of Yahweh? It will not succeed.

Numbers 14:41 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:41

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the
commandment of the Lord?
&c.] Which was to turn back into the wilderness, and go the way that leads to the Red sea, ( Numbers 14:25 ) ; instead of which now they were for going forward into the land of Canaan, though averse to it just before: but it shall not prosper;
their attempt to enter into it.

Numbers 14:41 In-Context

39 And Moses spoke words to all the {Israelites}, and the people mourned greatly.

40 They rose early in the morning and went to the top of the mount, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place that Yahweh said, because we have sinned."

41 But Moses said, "Why [are] you going against the command of Yahweh? It will not succeed.

42 You should not go up because Yahweh is not in your midst; do not let yourselves be defeated in the presence of your enemies,

43 because the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there {before you}, and you will fall by the sword; because you have turned [back] from Yahweh, and Yahweh will not be with you."