25 They brought us back some fruit they found there, and reported that the land which the Lord our God was giving us was very fertile.
26 “But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God, and you would not enter the land.
27 You grumbled to one another: ‘The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to hand us over to these Amorites, so that they could kill us.
28 Why should we go there? We are afraid. The men we sent tell us that the people there are stronger and taller than we are, and that they live in cities with walls that reach the sky. They saw giants there!’
29 “But I said, ‘Don't be afraid of those people.
30 The Lord your God will lead you, and he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt
31 and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely all the way to this place, just as a father would carry his son.’