2 All the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron, and all the people said to them, “We wish we had died in Egypt or in this desert.
3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land to be killed with swords? Our wives and children will be taken away. We would be better off going back to Egypt.”
4 They said to each other, “Let’s choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron bowed facedown in front of all the Israelites gathered there.
6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who had explored the land, tore their clothes.
7 They said to all of the Israelites, “The land we explored is very good.
8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land and give us that fertile land.