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1 THEN all the congregation was in commotion, and lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would God that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us into this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should be a prey? We were better off when we dwelt in Egypt. 4 And they said one to another, Let us appoint a leader, and let us return to Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jophaniah, who were of those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes; 7 And they said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, The land through which we passed to spy it out is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows indeed with milk and honey. 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither be afraid of the people of the land; for their conquest will be as easy as eating bread; their strength has left them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not. 10 But the whole congregation said to stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. 11 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? And how long will they not believe me, for all the signs which I have done among them? Numbers 14:1-11, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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