Numbers 14:41

41 And Moses said, Why do ye break the commandment of the LORD? This also shall not prosper.

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 things unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

40 And they rose up early in the morning and climbed up into the top of the mountain, saying, Here we are prepared to go up unto the place of which the LORD has spoken; for we have sinned.

41 And Moses said, Why do ye break the commandment of the LORD? This also shall not prosper.

42 Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you; do not be smitten before your enemies.

43 For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye are turned away from following the LORD, therefore, the LORD will not be with you.