Numbers 14:41

41 But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This 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 when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

40 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”

41 But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!

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

43 For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”