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1After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night
2and complained to Moses and Aaron, “We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert!
3Is the Lord leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt.”
4Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”
5Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.
6Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes in sorrow
7and said:
10The crowd threatened to stone Moses and Aaron to death. But just then, the Lord appeared in a cloud at the sacred tent.
11The Lord said to Moses, “I have done great things for these people, and they still reject me by refusing to believe in my power.
12So they will no longer be my people. I will destroy them, but I will make you the ancestor of a nation even stronger than theirs.”
13-14-15-16Moses replied:[#Ex 32.11-14.]
20Then the Lord said to Moses:
26The Lord told Moses and Aaron
27-28to give this message to the people of Israel:
36Ten of the men sent to explore the land had brought back bad news and had made the people complain against the Lord .
37So he sent a deadly disease that killed those men,
38but he let Joshua and Caleb live.
39The people of Israel were very sad after Moses gave them the Lord 's message.
40So they got up early the next morning and got ready to head toward the hill country of Canaan. They said, “We were wrong to complain about the Lord . Let's go into the land that he promised us.”
41But Moses replied, “You're disobeying the Lord ! Your plan won't work,
42-43so don't even try it. The Lord refuses to help you, because you turned your backs on him. The Amalekites and the Canaanites are your enemies, and they will attack and defeat you.”
44But the Israelites ignored Moses and marched toward the hill country, even though the sacred chest and Moses did not go with them.[#14.44 One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.]
45The Amalekites and the Canaanites came down from the hill country, defeated the Israelites, and chased them as far as the town of Hormah.