2. And all the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert!
3. Why did Yahweh bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little children will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4. They said to each other, “Let us appoint a leader, and we will return to Egypt.”
5. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the assembly of the community of the Israelites.
6. Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers of the land, tore their garments.
7. And they said to all the community of the Israelites, “The land that we went through to explore is an exceptionally good land.
8. If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and he will give it to us, a land that is flowing with milk and honey.