36 Then the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, who had returned and caused the whole community to grumble against him by spreading a bad report about the land,
37 these men, spreading the bad report about the land, died of the plague in Adonai’s presence.
38 Of those men who had gone to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
39 When Moses related these things to all of Bnei-Yisrael, the people mourned bitterly.
40 They rose the next morning and went up to the high mountains, saying, “Look! Let’s go up to the place which Adonai promised. For we have sinned.”
41 But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the mouth of Adonai? That will never succeed.
42 You should not go up, because Adonai will not be among you and you will be defeated before your enemies!