24. They went into the hill country as far as the Valley of Eshcol and explored it.
25. They brought us back some fruit they found there, and reported that the land which the Lord our God was giving us was very fertile.
26. “But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God, and you would not enter the land.
27. You grumbled to one another: ‘The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to hand us over to these Amorites, so that they could kill us.
28. Why should we go there? We are afraid. The men we sent tell us that the people there are stronger and taller than we are, and that they live in cities with walls that reach the sky. They saw giants there!’
29. “But I said, ‘Don't be afraid of those people.
30. The Lord your God will lead you, and he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt
31. and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely all the way to this place, just as a father would carry his son.’
32. But in spite of what I said, you still would not trust the Lord,
33. even though he always went ahead of you to find a place for you to camp. To show you the way, he went in front of you in a pillar of fire by night and in a pillar of cloud by day.
34. “The Lord heard your complaints and became angry, and so he solemnly declared,
35. ‘Not one of you from this evil generation will enter the fertile land that I promised to give your ancestors.
36. Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will enter it. He has remained faithful to me, and I will give him and his descendants the land that he has explored.’