Numbers 14:4-12

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.

11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.”