King James Version (KJV)
Numbers 14:40
“And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.”
Verse in context — Numbers 14
38
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].
39
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
42
Go not up, for the LORD [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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