1 After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night
2 and complained to Moses and Aaron, “We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert!
3 Is the Lord leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt.”
4 Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”
5 Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.