Numbers 14:38-40
The Message
36-38 So it happened that the men Moses sent to scout out the land returned to circulate false rumors about the land causing the entire community to grumble against Moses—all these men died. Having spread false rumors of the land, they died in a plague, confronted by God. Only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh were left alive of the men who went to scout out the land.
39-40 When Moses told all of this to the People of Israel, they mourned long and hard. But early the next morning they started out for the high hill country, saying, “We’re here; we’re ready—let’s go up and attack the land that God promised us. We sinned, but now we’re ready.”
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Numbers 14:38-40
New International Version
38 Of the men who went to explore the land,(A) only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.(B)
39 When Moses reported this(C) to all the Israelites, they mourned(D) bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country,(E) saying, “Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised. Surely we have sinned!(F)”
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