2 And all the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert!
3 Why did Yahweh bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little children will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4 They said to each other, “Let us appoint a leader, and we will return to Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the assembly of the community of the Israelites.
6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers of the land, tore their garments.
7 And they said to all the community of the Israelites, “The land that we went through to explore is an exceptionally good land.
8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and he will give it to us, a land that is flowing with milk and honey.