Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;l you rebelledm against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbledn in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and tallero than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakitesp there.’ ”

29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraidq of them.r 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fights for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carriedt you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”u

32 In spite of this,v you did not trustw in the Lord your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,x to searchy out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.