Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan
1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people Num. 11:4; Deut. 1:45wept that night. 2 Ex. 16:2; 17:3; Num. 16:41; Ps. 106:25; 1 Cor. 10:10And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and Num. 14:31; Deut. 1:39children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"
9 Only Deut. 1:26; 9:7, 23, 24; 1 Sam. 15:23do not rebel against the Lord, Deut. 7:18nor fear the people of the land, for Num. 24:8they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, Gen. 48:21; Ex. 33:16; Deut. 20:1, 3, 4; 31:6–8; Josh. 1:5; Judg. 1:22; 2 Chr. 13:12; Ps. 46:7, 11; Zech. 8:23; Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5and the Lordis with us. Do not fear them."
33 And your sons shall Num. 32:13; Ps. 107:40be shepherds in the wilderness Deut. 2:14forty years, and Ezek. 23:35bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 Num. 13:25According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, Ps. 95:10; Ezek. 4:6forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, 1 Kin. 8:56; (Heb. 4:1)and you shall know My rejection.