Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out , and that night the people wept.
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All the Israelites ... grumbled against Moses ... and Aaron , and the whole congregation said to them , “ If only we had died in the land of Egypt , or if only we had died in this wilderness !
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Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword ? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better to go back to Egypt ? ”
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So they said to one another , “ Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt. ”
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Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation ... of Israel.
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Joshua - son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh , who were among those who had spied out - the land , tore their clothes
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and said to the whole congregation ... of Israel ... , “ The land - we passed through and explored - (is) an exceedingly ... good land.
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If the LORD delights He will bring us into this land , a land - - flowing with milk and honey , and He will give it
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Only do not rebel ... against the LORD , and do not be afraid - of the people of the land , for they will be like bread for us .... Their protection has been removed ... , and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them ! ”
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But the whole congregation threatened to stone - (Joshua - and Caleb). Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites ... at the Tent of Meeting.
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And the LORD said to Moses , “ How long ... will this people treat Me with contempt ? How long ... will they refuse to believe despite all the signs - I have performed among them ?
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I will strike them with a plague and destroy them — and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are. ”
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But Moses said to the LORD , “ The Egyptians will hear of it , for by Your strength - You brought this people from among them.
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And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You , O LORD , are in the midst of this people , that You , O LORD , have been seen face to face , (that) Your cloud stands over them , and (that) You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
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If You kill - this people as one man , the nations who have heard - of Your fame ... will say ,
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‘ Because the LORD vvv was unable to bring - this people into the land - He swore to give He has slaughtered them in the wilderness. ’
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So now I pray , may the power of my Lord be magnified , just as You have declared ... :
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‘ The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion , forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means ... leave the guilty unpunished ; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third ... and fourth (generation). ’
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Pardon , I pray , the iniquity of this people , in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion , just as You have forgiven (them) ... ever since (they left) Egypt. ”
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“ I have pardoned them as you requested , ” the LORD replied.
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“ Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled - with the glory of the LORD ,
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- (not one) of the men who have seen - My glory - and the signs - I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness — yet have tested Me vvv and disobeyed Me these ten times —
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not one will ever see - the land that I swore to give their fathers. None ... of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
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But because My servant Caleb has ... a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly , I will bring him into the land he has entered , ... and his descendants will inherit it.
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Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys , turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea. ”
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Then the LORD said to Moses ... and Aaron ... ,
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“ How long ... will this wicked congregation - grumble against Me ? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites ... ... ... {are making} against Me.
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So tell them ... : As surely as I live , declares the LORD , I will do exactly ... as I heard ... you say.
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Your bodies will fall in this wilderness — all who were numbered in the census , everyone twenty years of age ... or older — because you have grumbled against Me.
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Surely none of you will enter ... the land in which I swore to settle you , - except ... Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua - son of Nun.
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But I will bring your children , whom you said would become plunder , into - the land - you have rejected and they will enjoy it. -
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As for you , however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
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Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years , and they will suffer (for) your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
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In keeping with the forty days - you spied out the land , you shall bear your guilt forty years — a year for each day - - - — and you will experience - My alienation.
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I , the LORD , have spoken , and I will surely ... do these things to this entire wicked ... congregation , which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness , ... and there they will die. ”
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So the men Moses had sent to spy out - the land , who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him - by bringing out a bad report about the land —
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those men who had brought out the bad report about the land — were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
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Of those men who had gone to spy out - the land , only Joshua - son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
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And when Moses - relayed these words to all the Israelites ... , the people mourned bitterly.
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Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “ We have indeed sinned , ” they said , “ but we will go to the place - the LORD has promised. ”
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But Moses said , “ Why ... are you transgressing - the commandment of the LORD ? This will not succeed !
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Do not go up , lest you be struck down by your enemies , because the LORD is not among you.
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For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you , and you will fall by the sword. Because ... ... you have turned away from the LORD , (He) will not be with you. ”
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But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country , though neither Moses (nor) the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
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Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down , attacked them , and routed them all the way to Hormah.
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