³Would God that we had died in Egypt: and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt?

⁴And they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

⁵And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel.

⁶But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone, who themselves also had viewed the land, rent their garments,

⁷And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel: The land which we have gone round is very good:

⁸If the Lord be favourable, he will bring us into it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁹Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us, fear ye not.

¹⁰And when all the multitude cried out, and would have stoned them, the glory of the Lord appeared over the tabernacle of the covenant to all the children of Israel.

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