Numbers 14:1-12

¹And all the congregation lifted up and gave (forth) their voice; and all the people wept that night.

²And all the children of Israel murmured against Mosheh and Aharon; and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Mizraim, or that we had died in this wilderness!

³And why is the Lord bringing us to this land, that we may fall by the sword, and our wives and our children become a prey? Would it not be better for us to return into Mizraim?

⁴And they said, a man to his brother, Let us appoint a chieftain, and go back into Mizraim.

⁵And Mosheh and Aharon fell upon their faces before all the assembly of the sons of Israel.

⁶And Jehoshua bar Nun, and Kaleb bar Jephuneh, who were of the explorers of the land, rent their clothes.

⁷And they spake to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying: The land, which we passed through to explore it, is a good land, most exceedingly.

⁸If the Lord hath pleasure in us, even He will bring us into this land, and give us the land which produceth milk and honey.

⁹Only be not rebellious against the Word of the Lord, nor be afraid of the people of the land, for they are delivered into our hand; their strength is departed from them, and the Word of the Lord is our helper: fear them not.

¹⁰But all the congregation said that they would stone them with stones. And the Glory of the Lord was revealed at the tabernacle of ordinance, unto all the children of Israel.

¹¹And the Lord said to Mosheh, How long will this people provoke Me, and how long will they disbelieve in My Word, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

¹²I will smite them with the pestilence and consume them; and will make of thee a people greater and stronger than they.