22. “Then all of you came near to me and said: ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the land for us and bring us back word about the way we should go up and the cities we will enter.’
23. “The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve men from among you—one man for each tribe.
24. They turned and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Wadi Eshcol and spied it out.
25. They took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us. They also brought back word to us and said, ‘Good is the land that Adonai our God is giving to us.’
26. “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of Adonai your God.
27. In your tents you grumbled and said: ‘Because Adonai hates us, He has brought us out from the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us!
28. Where are we going? Our brothers have discouraged our hearts saying, “The people are greater and taller than we are! The cities are great and fortified up to the heavens! Besides, we have even seen the children of Anakim there!”’
29. “Then I said to you, ‘Don’t tremble or be afraid of them.