Numbers 14:39-41

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁹ Moses told [the Lord’s] words to all the Israelites, and [they] mourned greatly.

⁴⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we intend to go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.

⁴¹ But Moses said, Why now do you transgress the command of the Lord [to turn back by way of the Red Sea], since it will not succeed?