And all the congregation{H5712} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} their voice{H6963}, and cried{H5414}{(H8799)}; and the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8799)} that night{H3915}.

And all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} murmured{H3885}{(H8735)} against Moses{H4872} and against Aaron{H175}: and the whole congregation{H5712} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Would God{H3863} that we had died{H4191}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}! or would God{H3863} we had died{H4191}{(H8804)} in this wilderness{H4057}!

And wherefore hath the LORD{H3068} brought{H935}{(H8688)} us unto this land{H776}, to fall{H5307}{(H8800)} by the sword{H2719}, that our wives{H802} and our children{H2945} should be a prey{H957}? were it not better{H2896} for us to return{H7725}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}?

And they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H251}, Let us make{H5414}{(H8799)} a captain{H7218}, and let us return{H7725}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}.

Then Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} on their faces{H6440} before{H6440} all the assembly{H6951} of the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

And Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}, and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312}, which were of them that searched{H8446}{(H8802)} the land{H776}, rent{H7167}{(H8804)} their clothes{H899}:

And they spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the company{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The land{H776}, which we passed{H5674}{(H8804)} through to search{H8446}{(H8800)} it, is an exceeding{H3966}{H3966} good{H2896} land{H776}.

If the LORD{H3068} delight{H2654}{(H8804)} in us, then he will bring{H935}{(H8689)} us into this land{H776}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it us; a land{H776} which floweth{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}.

Only rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} not ye against the LORD{H3068}, neither fear{H3372}{(H8799)} ye the people{H5971} of the land{H776}; for they are bread{H3899} for us: their defence{H6738} is departed{H5493}{(H8804)} from them, and the LORD{H3068} is with us: fear{H3372}{(H8799)} them not.

But all the congregation{H5712} bade{H559}{(H8799)} stone{H7275}{(H8800)} them with stones{H68}. And the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8738)} in the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150} before all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872}, How long will this people{H5971} provoke{H5006}{(H8762)} me? and how long will it be ere{H3808} they believe{H539}{(H8686)} me, for all the signs{H226} which I have shewed{H6213}{(H8804)} among{H7130} them?

I will smite{H5221}{(H8686)} them with the pestilence{H1698}, and disinherit{H3423}{(H8686)} them, and will make{H6213}{(H8799)} of thee a greater{H1419} nation{H1471} and mightier{H6099} than they.

And Moses{H4872} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, Then the Egyptians{H4714} shall hear{H8085}{(H8804)} it,(for thou broughtest up{H5927}{(H8689)} this people{H5971} in thy might{H3581} from among{H7130} them;)

And they will tell{H559}{(H8804)} it to the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of this land{H776}: for they have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that thou LORD{H3068} art among{H7130} this people{H5971}, that thou LORD{H3068} art seen{H7200}{(H8738)} face{H5869} to face{H5869}, and that thy cloud{H6051} standeth{H5975}{(H8802)} over them, and that thou goest{H1980}{(H8802)} before{H6440} them, by day time{H3119} in a pillar{H5982} of a cloud{H6051}, and in a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night{H3915}.

Now if thou shalt kill{H4191}{(H8689)} all this people{H5971} as one{H259} man{H376}, then the nations{H1471} which have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the fame{H8088} of thee will speak{H559}{(H8804)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Because the LORD{H3068} was not{H1115} able{H3201}{(H8800)} to bring{H935}{(H8687)} this people{H5971} into the land{H776} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto them, therefore he hath slain{H7819}{(H8799)} them in the wilderness{H4057}.

And now, I beseech thee, let the power{H3581} of my Lord{H136} be great{H1431}{(H8799)}, according{H834} as thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

The LORD{H3068} is longsuffering{H750}{H639}, and of great{H7227} mercy{H2617}, forgiving{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771} and transgression{H6588}, and by no means{H5352}{(H8763)} clearing{H5352}{(H8762)} the guilty, visiting{H6485}{(H8802)} the iniquity{H5771} of the fathers{H1} upon the children{H1121} unto the third{H8029} and fourth{H7256} generation.

Pardon{H5545}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, the iniquity{H5771} of this people{H5971} according unto the greatness{H1433} of thy mercy{H2617}, and as thou hast forgiven{H5375}{(H8804)} this people{H5971}, from Egypt{H4714} even until now{H2008}.

And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, I have pardoned{H5545}{(H8804)} according to thy word{H1697}:

But as truly{H199} as I live{H2416}, all the earth{H776} shall be filled{H4390}{(H8735)} with the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068}.

Because all those men{H582} which have seen{H7200}{(H8802)} my glory{H3519}, and my miracles{H226}, which I did{H6213}{(H8804)} in Egypt{H4714} and in the wilderness{H4057}, and have tempted{H5254}{(H8762)}{H853} me now these ten{H6235} times{H6471}, and have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} to my voice{H6963};

Surely they shall not{H518} see{H7200}{(H8799)} the land{H776} which I sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto their fathers{H1}, neither shall any of them that provoked{H5006}{(H8764)} me see{H7200}{(H8799)} it:

But my servant{H5650} Caleb{H3612}, because{H6118} he had another{H312} spirit{H7307} with him, and hath followed{H310} me fully{H4390}{(H8762)}, him will I bring{H935}{(H8689)} into the land{H776} whereinto he went{H935}{(H8804)}; and his seed{H2233} shall possess{H3423}{(H8686)} it.

(Now the Amalekites{H6003} and the Canaanites{H3669} dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the valley{H6010}.) To morrow{H4279} turn{H6437}{(H8798)} you, and get{H5265}{(H8798)} you into the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870} of the Red{H5488} sea{H3220}.

And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Moses{H4872} and unto Aaron{H175}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

How long shall I bear with this evil{H7451} congregation{H5712}, which murmur{H3885}{(H8688)} against me? I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the murmurings{H8519} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which they murmur{H3885}{(H8688)} against me.

Say{H559}{(H8798)} unto them, As truly as{H3808} I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, as ye have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} in mine ears{H241}, so will I do{H6213}{(H8799)} to you:

Your carcases{H6297} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} in this wilderness{H4057}; and all that were numbered{H6485}{(H8803)} of you, according to your whole number{H4557}, from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605}, which have murmured{H3885}{(H8689)} against me,

Doubtless ye shall not{H518} come{H935}{(H8799)} into the land{H776}, concerning which I sware{H3027}{H5375}{(H8804)} to make you dwell{H7931}{(H8763)} therein, save Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312}, and Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}.

But your little ones{H2945}, which ye said{H559}{(H8804)} should be a prey{H957}, them will I bring in{H935}{(H8689)}, and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} the land{H776} which ye have despised{H3988}{(H8804)}.

But as for you, your carcases{H6297}, they shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} in this wilderness{H4057}.

And your children{H1121} shall wander{H7462}{(H8802)} in the wilderness{H4057} forty{H705} years{H8141}, and bear{H5375}{(H8804)} your whoredoms{H2184}, until your carcases{H6297} be wasted{H8552}{(H8800)} in the wilderness{H4057}.

After the number{H4557} of the days{H3117} in which ye searched{H8446}{(H8804)} the land{H776}, even forty{H705} days{H3117}, each day{H3117} for a year{H8141}{H3117}{H8141}, shall ye bear{H5375}{(H8799)} your iniquities{H5771}, even forty{H705} years{H8141}, and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} my breach of promise{H8569}.

I the LORD{H3068} have said{H1696}{(H8765)}, I will surely{H518}{H3808} do{H6213}{(H8799)} it{H2063} unto all this evil{H7451} congregation{H5712}, that are gathered together{H3259}{(H8737)} against me: in this wilderness{H4057} they shall be consumed{H8552}{(H8735)}, and there they shall die{H4191}{(H8799)}.

And the men{H582}, which Moses{H4872} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to search{H8446}{(H8800)} the land{H776}, who returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and made all the congregation{H5712} to murmur{H3885}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H3885}{(H8735)} against him, by bringing up{H3318}{(H8687)} a slander{H1681} upon the land{H776},

Even those{H582} men{H582} that did bring up{H3318}{(H8688)} the evil{H7451} report{H1681} upon the land{H776}, died{H4191}{(H8799)} by the plague{H4046} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}.

But Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}, and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh{H3312}, which were of the men{H1992}{H582} that went{H1980}{(H8802)} to search{H8446}{(H8800)} the land{H776}, lived{H2421}{(H8804)} still.

And Moses{H4872} told{H1696}{(H8762)} these sayings{H1697} unto all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: and the people{H5971} mourned{H56}{(H8691)} greatly{H3966}.

And they rose up early{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, and gat them up{H5927}{(H8799)} into the top{H7218} of the mountain{H2022}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Lo{H2009}, we be here, and will go up{H5927}{(H8804)} unto the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} hath promised{H559}{(H8804)}: for we have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}.

And Moses{H4872} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Wherefore now do ye transgress{H5674}{(H8802)} the commandment{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}? but it shall not prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}.

Go not up{H5927}{(H8799)}, for the LORD{H3068} is not among{H7130} you; that ye be not smitten{H5062}{(H8735)} before{H6440} your enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.

For the Amalekites{H6003} and the Canaanites{H3669} are there before{H6440} you, and ye shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)} by the sword{H2719}: because ye are turned{H7725}{(H8804)} away{H310} from the LORD{H3068}, therefore the LORD{H3068} will not be with you.

But they presumed{H6075}{(H8686)} to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} unto the hill{H2022} top{H7218}: nevertheless the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, and Moses{H4872}, departed{H4185}{(H8804)} not out{H7130} of the camp{H4264}.

Then the Amalekites{H6003} came down{H3381}{(H8799)}, and the Canaanites{H3669} which dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in that hill{H2022}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them, and discomfited{H3807}{(H8686)} them, even unto Hormah{H2767}.