Numbers 14:40

“And they rose up early in the morning, etc.] The next morning after they had heard the bad news of their consumption in the wilderness; not being able, perhaps, to sleep that night with the thoughts of it, and being now in a great haste to go up and possess the land of Canaan, as they were before to return to Egypt: and gat them up into the top of the mountain; which was the way the spies went into the land of Canaan, (<041317>Numbers 13:17); this they did not actually ascend, as appears from (<041444>Numbers 14:44,45); but they determined upon it, and got themselves ready for it: saying, lo, we [be here]; this they said either to one another, animating each other to engage in the…”

“they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance. They rushed from one extreme of rashness and perversity to another, and the obstinacy of their rebellious spirit was evinced by their active preparations to ascend the hill, notwithstanding the divine warning they had received not to undertake that enterprise. for we have sinned--that is, realizing our sin, we now repent of it, and are eager to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us--or, as some render it, though we have sinned, we trust…”

“Gat them up - Designed or prepared themselves to go up. Numbers 14:45”

“rose up: Deu 1:41; Ecc 9:3; Mat 7:21-23, Mat 26:11, Mat 26:12; Luk 13:25 for we have sinned: We are sensible of our sin, and repent of it; and are now ready to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us. Or, though we have sinned, yet we hope God will make good his promise. Numbers 14:41”