You were ready to go up into the hill - Rather, perhaps, “you made light of going up;” i.e., “you were ready to attempt it as a trifling und…

We have sinned ... we will go up and fight. —The emphatic we of this verse may be compared with the “we” of Deut…

Then you answered and said to me. The repentance was too late, which drove the Israelites to their untimely effort of activity. Although, …

Then you answered, and said to me
Not being willing to go into the wilderness again, though they wished they had die…

Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to…