| Numbers 13
25 At the end of forty days they returned from
exploring the land.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the
whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert
of Paran. There they reported to them and to the
whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the
land.
27 They gave Moses this account: \"We went into the
land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk
and honey! Here is its fruit.
28 But the people who live there are powerful, and
the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw
descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites,
Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and
the Canaanites live near the sea and along the
Jordan.\"
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses
and said, \"We should go up and take possession
of the land, for we can certainly do it.\"
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, \"We
can\'t attack those people; they are stronger than
we are.\"
32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad
report about the land they had explored. They said,
\"The land we explored devours those living in it. All
the people we saw there are of great size.
33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of
Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like
grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the
same to them.\"
Numbers 14
1 That night all the people of the community raised
their voices and wept aloud.
2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and
Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, \"If
only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!
3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let
us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be
taken as plunder. Wouldn\'t it be better for us to go
back to Egypt?\"
4 And they said to each other, \"We should choose a
leader and go back to Egypt.\"
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of
the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.
6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh,
who were among those who had explored the land,
tore their clothes
7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, \"The
land we passed through and explored is
exceedingly good.
8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into
that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and
will give it to us.
9 Only do not rebel against the LORD . And do not
be afraid of the people of the land, because we will
swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the
LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.\"
10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning
them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the
Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.
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