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land. 27 And they went on to
report to him and say: “We entered
into the land to which you
sent us out, and it is indeed flowing
with milk and honey, b and
this is its fruitage. c 28 Nevertheless,
the facts are that the
people who dwell in the land are
strong, and the fortified cities
are very great; d and, too, those
born of Anak we saw there. e
29 The A·malek·ites f are dwelling
in the land of the Negeb, g
and the Hittites and the Jebusites
h and the Amor·ites i are
dwelling in the mountainous region,
and the Canaan·ites j are
dwelling by the sea and by
the side of the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb k tried to still
the people toward Moses and
went on to say: “Let us go up directly,
and we are bound to take
possession of it, because we can
surely prevail over it.” l 31 But
the men who went up with
him said: “We are not able to go
up against the people, because
they are stronger than we are.” m
32 And they kept on bringing
forth to the sons of Israel a bad
report n of the land that they
had spied out, saying: “The land,
which we passed through to spy
it out, is a land that eats up
its inhabitants; and all the peoplewhomwesawinthemidstof
it are men of extraordinary size. o
33 And there we saw the Nephi·lim,
the sons of Anak, p who
are from the Nephi·lim; so that
we became in our own eyes like
grasshoppers, and the same way
we became in their eyes.” q
14
Then all the assembly
raised their voice, and the
people continued giving vent to
their voice and weeping r all
a De 1:19
Jos 14:6
Ps 29:8
b Ex 3:8
Le 20:24
c De 1:25
d De 1:28
e Nu 13:22
Nu 13:33
f Ge 36:12
Ex 17:8
1Sa 15:3
g Nu 13:17
h Ge 10:16
Ex 23:23
De 7:1
Jg 1:21
2Sa 5:8
i Jos 3:10
j Ge 10:19
De 20:17
k Nu 14:6
l Jos 14:7
Ps 60:12
m Nu 32:9
De 1:28
Jos 14:8
n Nu 14:36
Nu 32:9
o Am 2:9
p De 1:28
De 9:2
q De 2:10
CHAP. 14
r De 1:32
Second Col.
a De 1:27
Ps 106:25
b Nu 14:29
Ps 78:40
c Nu 14:31
De 1:39
d Nu 11:5
e De 1:34
Ne 9:17
Heb 10:38
f De 9:26
g Nu 13:8
Nu 13:16
h Nu 13:6
Nu 14:30
i Jos 7:6
j Nu 13:27
De 1:25
De 8:7
De 11:14
k De 9:5
De 10:15
l Ex 3:8
m De 9:7
n De 7:18
De 20:3
o Nu 24:8
p Ge 48:21
Ex 33:16
De 20:1
Isa 41:10
Ro 8:31
q Ps 27:14
r Ex 17:4
s Ex 16:10
Ex 24:17
t Ex 16:28
u Nu 14:23
v De 9:23
Ps 78:42
Ps 106:24
Joh 12:37
Heb 3:19
w Ex 32:10
199 10 spies give bad report. People rebel NUMBERS 13:27–14:12
walked and came to Moses and CHAP. 13 through that night. 2 And all
Aaron and all the assembly of
the sons of Israel began to murmur
the sons of Israel in the wilderness
against Moses and Aar-
of Paran, at Kadesh. a And
they came bringing back word to
them and all the assembly and
showing them the fruitage of the
on, a and all the assembly began
to say against them: “If only we
haddiedinthelandofEgypt,or
if only we had died in this wilderness!
3 And why is Jehovah
bringing us to this land to fall by
the sword? b Our wives and our
little ones will become plunder. c
Is it not better for us to return
to Egypt?” d 4 They even went
to saying to one another: “Let us
appoint a head, and let us return
to Egypt!” e
5 At this Moses and Aaron fell
upon their faces f before all the
congregation of the assembly of
the sons of Israel. 6 And Joshua
the son of Nun g and Caleb
the son of Je·phunneh, h who
were of those who spied out
the land, ripped their garments
apart, i 7 and they proceeded to
say this to all the assembly of the
sons of Israel: “The land that we
passed through to spy it out is
a very, very good land. j 8 If Jehovah
has found delight in us, k
then he will certainly bring us
into this land and give it to us,
a land that is flowing with milk
and honey. l 9 Only against Jehovah
do not rebel; m and YOU, do
not YOU fear the people of the
land, n for they are bread to us.
Their shelter has turned away
from over them, o and Jehovah is
with us. p Do not fear them.” q
10 However, all the assembly
talked of pelting them with
stones. r And Jehovah’s glory appeared
on the tent of meeting to
all the sons of Israel. s
11 FinallyJehovah said to Moses:
“How long t will this people
treat me without respect, u and
how long will they not put
faith in me for all the signs that
I performed in among them? v
12 Let me strike them with pestilence
and drive them away, and
let me make you a nation greater
and mightier than they are.” w