1 Therefore all the company cried, and wept in that night,
2 and all the sons of Israel grutched against Moses and Aaron, and said, We would that we had been dead in Egypt, either that we were dead in this wilderness; we would that we perished,
3 and that the Lord lead us not into this land, lest we fall by sword, and our wives and our free children be led, or taken, prisoners; whether it is not better to us to turn again into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Ordain we a duke, or a leader, to us, and turn we again into Egypt.
5 And when this was heard, Moses and Aaron fell down low to the earth, before all the multitude of the sons of Israel.
6 And soothly Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, which also compassed the land, rent their clothes,
7 and they spake thus to all the multitude of the sons of Israel, The land which we compassed is full good;
8 if the Lord is merciful to us, he shall lead us into it, and he shall give us the land flowing with milk and honey.
9 Do not ye rebel against the Lord, neither dread ye the people of this land, for we be able to devour them so as bread; all their help hath passed away from them, the Lord is with us, do not ye dread.