Numbers 14:1-10

1Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.

2All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

3Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

4So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”

5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.

6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who scouted out the land, tore their clothes

7and said to the entire Israelite community, “The land we passed through and explored is an extremely good land.

8If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us.

9Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!”

10While the whole community threatened to stone them, the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.