1After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night
2and complained to Moses and Aaron, “We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert!
3Is the Lord leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt.”
4Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”
5Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.
6Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes in sorrow
7and said:
We saw the land ourselves, and it's very good.
8If we obey the Lord, he will surely give us that land rich with milk and honey.
9 And tomorrow, you'll need to turn around and head back into the desert toward the Red Sea.The Israelites Are Punished for Complaining
26The Lord told Moses and Aaron
27-28to give this message to the people of Israel:
You sinful people have complained against me too many times! Now I swear by my own life that I will give you exactly what you wanted.
29 will go in.
31You were worried that your own children would be captured. But I, the Lord, will let them enter the land you have rejected.
32You will die here in the desert!
33 and marched toward the hill country, even though the sacred chest and Moses did not go with them.
45The Amalekites and the Canaanites came down from the hill country, defeated the Israelites, and chased them as far as the town of Hormah.
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