³⁰Caleb told the people to be quiet and listen to Moses. Caleb said, “Let’s go now and take possession of the land. We should be more than able to conquer it.”

³¹But the men who had gone with him said, “We can’t attack those people! They’re too strong for us!” ³²So they began to spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall. ³³We saw Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.) We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that’s how we must have looked to them.”

14TH CHAPTER

The People Rebel against the Lord

¹Then all the people in the Israelite community raised their voices and cried out loud all that night. ²They complained to Moses and Aaron, “If only we had died in Egypt or this desert! ³Why is the Lord bringing us to this land—just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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