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1 At this, the entire assembly complained, started to shout, and cried through the rest of that night. 2 All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, |We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness. 3 What's the point in the LORD bringing us to this land? To die by the sword so our wives and children would become war victims? Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?| 4 Then they told each other, |Let's assign a leader and go back to Egypt.| 5 Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in front of the entire assembly of the congregation of Israel. 6 Nun's son Joshua and Jephunneh's son Caleb, who had accompanied the others who also had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, |The land that we went through and explored is very, very good. Numbers 14:1-7, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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