Numbers 14:41

41 But Moses said, "Why now are you transgressing the command of the LORD, for that 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 told these words to all the people of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

40 And they rose early in the morning, and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, "See, we are here, we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised; for we have sinned."

41 But Moses said, "Why now are you transgressing the command of the LORD, for that will not succeed?

42 Do not go up lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.

43 For there the Amal'ekites and the Canaanites are before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following the LORD, the LORD will not be with you."