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Num 14:1: And All the congregation lifted up their voice, And cried; And the people wept that night.

Num 14:2: 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!

Num 14:3: 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?

Num 14:4: And they said one to Another, Let us make A captain, And let us return into Egypt.

Num 14:5: Then Moses And Aaron fell on their faces before All the Assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 

Num 14:6: And Joshua the son of Nun, And Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Num 14:7: 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. 

Num 14:8: 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. 

Num 14:9: 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.

Num 14:10: But All the congregation bade stone them with stones.  And the glory of the LORD Appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before All the children of Israel.

Num 14:11: And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me?  And how long will it be ere they believe me, for All the signs which I have shewed Among them?

Num 14:12: I will smite them with the pestilence, And disinherit them, And will make of thee A greater nation And mightier than they.
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