1 Then everybody there cried out loud all night. 2 All the Israelites went and complained to Moses and Aaron, telling them, "If only we’d died in Egypt, or here in this desert! 3 Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to get us killed? Our wives and children will be captured and taken away as slaves! Wouldn’t we be better off going back to Egypt?"
9 Don’t rebel and fight against the Lord. You don’t need to be afraid of the people living there in the country—we can take them easily! They’re defenseless and the Lord is with us. Don’t be frightened of them!"
33 Your children will wander in the desert for forty years, suffering because of your lack of trust until all your bodies lie buried in the desert.
34 Just as you explored the country for forty days, so shall your punishment for your sins be forty years, a year for every day, and you will see what happens when I oppose you.