Numbers 14:1-9 ▼

1 Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

2 All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, |Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

3 |Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?|

4 So they said to one another, |Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.|

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, |The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

8 |If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us-- a land which flows with milk and honey.

9 |Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.|