39 ¶ Then Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel, and the people sorrowed greatly.

40 (A)And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be ready to go up to the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have [a]sinned.

41 But Moses said, Wherefore transgress ye thus the commandment of the Lord? it will not so come well to pass.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:40 They confess they sinned by rebelling against God, but consider not they offended in going up without God’s commandment.

39 When Moses reported this(A) to all the Israelites, they mourned(B) bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country,(C) saying, “Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised. Surely we have sinned!(D)

41 But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? This will not succeed!(E)

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