KJVAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
And Moses saith, `Why is this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
Numbers — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And all the congregation lifted up their voice. Here we see how easily, by means of a few incentives, sedition is excited in a great multitude; for the people, unless governed by the counsel of others, is like the sea, exposed to many tempests; and the corruption of human…