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

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

And wherefore doth Jehovah{H3068} bring{H935} us unto this land,{H776} to fall{H5307} by the sword?{H2719} Our wives{H802} and our little ones{H2945} will be a prey:{H957} were it not better{H2896} for us to return{H7725} into Egypt?{H4714}

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

Then Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} fell{H5307} 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} who were of them that spied{H8446} out the land,{H776} rent{H7167} their clothes:{H899}

and they spake{H559} unto all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} The land,{H776} which we passed{H5674} through to spy{H8446} it out, is an exceeding{H3966} good{H2896} land.{H776}

If Jehovah{H3068} delight{H2654} in us, then he will bring{H935} us into this land,{H776} and give{H5414} it unto us; a land{H776} which floweth{H2100} with milk{H2461} and honey.{H1706}

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

But all the congregation{H5712} bade{H559} stone{H7275} them with stones.{H68} And the glory{H3519} of Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} in the tent{H168} of meeting{H4150} unto all the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} How long will this people{H5971} despise{H5006} me? and how long will they not{H3808} believe{H539} in me, for all the signs{H226} which I have wrought{H6213} among{H7130} them?

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

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto Jehovah,{H3068} Then the Egyptians{H4714} will hear{H8085} it; for thou broughtest up{H5927} this people{H5971} in thy might{H3581} from among{H7130} them;

and they will tell{H559} it to the inhabitants{H3427} of this land.{H776} They have heard{H8085} that thou Jehovah{H3068} art in the midst{H7130} of this people;{H5971} for thou Jehovah{H3068} art seen{H7200} face{H5869} to face,{H5869} and thy cloud{H6051} standeth{H5975} over them, and thou goest{H1980} before{H6440} them, in a pillar{H5982} of cloud{H6051} by day,{H3119} and in a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night.{H3915}

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

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

And now, I pray thee, let the power{H3581} of the Lord{H136} be great,{H1431} according{H834} as thou hast spoken,{H1696} saying,{H559}

Jehovah{H3068} is slow to anger,{H750} and abundant{H7227} in lovingkindness,{H2617} forgiving{H5375} iniquity{H5771} and transgression;{H6588} and that will by no means{H5352} clear{H5352} [the guilty], visiting{H6485} the iniquity{H5771} of the fathers{H1} upon the children,{H1121} upon the third{H8029} and upon the fourth{H7256} generation.

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

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} I have pardoned{H5545} according to thy word:{H1697}

but in very deed,{H199} as I live,{H2416} and as all the earth{H776} shall be filled{H4390} with the glory{H3519} of Jehovah;{H3068}

because all those men{H582} that have seen{H7200} my glory,{H3519} and my signs,{H226} which I wrought{H6213} in Egypt{H4714} and in the wilderness,{H4057} yet have tempted{H5254} me these ten{H6235} times,{H6471} and have not hearkened{H8085} to my voice;{H6963}

surely they shall not{H518} see{H7200} the land{H776} which I sware{H7650} unto their fathers,{H1} neither shall any of them that despised{H5006} me see{H7200} it:

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

Now the Amalekite{H6003} and the Canaanite{H3669} dwell{H3427} in the valley:{H6010} to-morrow{H4279} turn{H6437} ye, and get{H5265} you into the wilderness{H4057} by the way{H1870} to the Red{H5488} Sea.{H3220}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} and unto Aaron,{H175} saying,{H559}

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

Say{H559} unto them, As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} surely as{H3808} ye have spoken{H1696} in mine ears,{H241} so will I do{H6213} to you:

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

surely ye shall not{H518} come{H935} into the land,{H776} concerning which I sware{H3027} that I would make you dwell{H7931} therein, save Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh,{H3312} and Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun.{H5126}

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

But as for you, your dead bodies{H6297} shall fall{H5307} in this wilderness.{H4057}

And your children{H1121} shall be wanderers{H7462} in the wilderness{H4057} forty{H705} years,{H8141} and shall bear{H5375} your whoredoms,{H2184} until your dead bodies{H6297} be consumed{H8552} in the wilderness.{H4057}

After the number{H4557} of the days{H3117} in which ye spied{H8446} out the land,{H776} even forty{H705} days,{H3117} for every day{H3117} a year,{H3117} shall ye bear{H5375} your iniquities,{H5771} even forty{H705} years,{H8141} and ye shall know{H3045} my alienation.{H8569}

I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken,{H1696} surely{H518} this will I do{H6213} unto{H2063} all this evil{H7451} congregation,{H5712} that are gathered together{H3259} against me: in this wilderness{H4057} they shall be consumed,{H8552} and there they shall die.{H4191}

And the men,{H582} whom Moses{H4872} sent{H7971} to spy{H8446} out the land,{H776} who returned,{H7725} and made all the congregation{H5712} to murmur{H3885} against him, by bringing up{H3318} an evil report{H1681} against the land,{H776}

even those{H582} men{H582} that did bring up{H3318} an evil{H7451} report{H1681} of the land,{H776} died{H4191} by the plague{H4046} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

But Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} and Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh,{H3312} remained alive{H2421} of those men{H1992} that went{H1980} to spy{H8446} out the land.{H776}

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

And they rose up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and gat them up{H5927} to the top{H7218} of the mountain,{H2022} saying,{H559} Lo,{H2009} we are here, and will go up{H5927} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} hath promised:{H559} for we have sinned.{H2398}

And Moses{H4872} said,{H559} Wherefore now do ye transgress{H5674} the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} seeing it shall not prosper?{H6743}

Go not up,{H5927} for Jehovah{H3068} is not among{H7130} you; that ye be not smitten{H5062} down before{H6440} your enemies.{H341}

For there the Amalekite{H6003} and the Canaanite{H3669} are before{H6440} you, and ye shall fall{H5307} by the sword:{H2719} because ye are turned{H7725} back{H310} from following Jehovah,{H3068} therefore Jehovah{H3068} will not be with you.

But they presumed{H6075} to go up{H5927} to the top{H7218} of the mountain:{H2022} nevertheless the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} and Moses,{H4872} departed{H4185} not out{H4185} of the camp.{H4264}

Then the Amalekite{H6003} came down,{H3381} and the Canaanite{H3669} who dwelt{H3427} in that mountain,{H2022} and smote{H5221} them and beat{H3807} them down, even unto Hormah.{H2767}