And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

And they proceeded to come to Moses and to Aaron and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to the whole assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.

And they told him and said, We came to the land into which you sent us; and it indeed flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and we also saw the descendants of Anak there.

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negev, and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the hill country, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the Jordan.

But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great size.

And there we saw the Nephilim (the descendants of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.

Then the whole assembly lifted up their voice and cried, and the people wept that night.

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

And why does Jehovah bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

And they said one to another, Let us appoint a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.

And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.

And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

If Jehovah is pleased with us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.

Only do not rebel against Jehovah, nor should you fear the people of the land, for they are our bread. Their protection has been removed from them, and Jehovah is with us; do not fear them.

But the whole assembly said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of Jehovah appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.

And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?