Numbers 14:25 gives the command to turn back—the very command Moses says they are transgressing in v41.

2 Chronicles 24:20 uses nearly identical language—'Why transgress the LORD's command? It will not succeed'—linking later disobedience to this pattern.

Deuteronomy 1:42 recounts the same event—God's command not to go up—confirming that Moses' warning in v41 is based on direct divine instruction.

Nehemiah 9:17 recalls the same rebellion — the people appointed a leader to return to Egypt, highlighting their stiff-necked disobedience.