Numbers 14:7-16

⁷They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good.

⁸If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us into that very fertile IDM land, and he will give it to us.

⁹So do not rebel against Yahweh! And do not be afraid of the people in that land! We will ◄gobble them up/completely destroy them► MET! They do not have anyone who will protect them, but Yahweh will be with us and help us. So do not be afraid of them!”

¹⁰Then all the Israeli people talked about killing Caleb and Joshua by throwing stones at them. But suddenly Yahweh's glory appeared to them at the Sacred Tent.

¹¹Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “How long will these people reject me RHQ? I am tired of them not believing in what I can do, in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them RHQ!

¹²So I will cause a ◄plague/widespread sickness► to strike them and get rid of them. But I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are.”

¹³But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “ Please do not do that, because the people of Egypt will hear about it! You brought these Israeli people from Egypt by your great power,

¹⁴and the people of Egypt will tell that to the descendants of Canaan who live in this land. Yahweh, they have already heard about you. They know that you have ◄been with/helped► these people and that they have seen you face-to-face. They have heard that your cloud is like a huge pillar that stays over them, and by using that cloud you lead them during the day, and that the cloud becomes like a fire at night to give them light.

¹⁵If you kill these people all at one time, the people-groups who have heard about your power will say,

¹⁶‘Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land that he promised to give to them, so he killed them in the desert.’