04:013:026 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all
the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of
Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the
congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
04:013:027 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither
thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is
the fruit of it.
04:013:028 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land,
and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the
children of Anak there.
04:013:029 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the
Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains:
and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
04:013:030 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us
go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
04:013:031 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go
up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
04:013:032 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they
had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through
which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the
inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a
great stature.
04:013:033 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of
the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we
were in their sight.
04:014:001 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;
and the people wept that night.
04:014:002 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God
that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this
wilderness!
04:014:003 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to
fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey?
were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
04:014:004 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let
us return into Egypt.
04:014:005 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
04:014:006 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
04:014:007 And they spake unto all the company of the children of
Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an
exceeding good land.
04:014:008 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this
land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
04:014:009 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the
people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is
departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
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