⁴⁰ They were up early the next morning and started toward the Promised Land.

“Here we are!” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to go on into the land the Lord has promised us.”

⁴¹ But Moses said, “It’s too late. Now you are disobeying the Lord’s orders to return to the wilderness. ⁴² Don’t go ahead with your plan or you will be crushed by your enemies, for the Lord is not with you.