1  And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2  And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died! 3  And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt? 4  And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

5  Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel. 6  And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments. 7  And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land. 8  If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey; 9  only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.