Numbers 14:40 (YLT)

Passage

and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we <FI>are<Fi> , and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:38 and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.

Numbers 14:39 And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

Numbers 14:40 and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we <FI>are<Fi> , and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

Numbers 14:41 And Moses saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

Numbers 14:42 go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rise", "early", "morning", "mountain", "saying", "here", "come", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rise" and "early", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And Moses speaketh these words unto all..." into verse 41's "And Moses saith Why FI is Fi...", so "rise" and "early" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rise" and "early" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.