Thomson(i)
1 Upon this, all the congregation, raising their voices, shouted aloud, and
2 the people wept that whole night. And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, that we had died in the land of Egypt, or even in this wilderness!
3 If we must die, why doth the Lord lead us into that land to fall in battle? Our wives and our children will be for a prey. Now therefore it is better for us to return to Egypt.
4 Then they said to one another, Let us appoint a leader, and return to Egypt.
5 Upon this Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the children of Israel,
6 and Joshua the son of Nave, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, two of them who had viewed the land, rent their clothes,
7 and spoke to all the congregation of the Israelites, saying, The land which we viewed is indeed a most excellent land.
8 If the Lord delighteth in us, he will lead us to that land, and give it to us. It is a land flowing with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not against the Lord, and you need not be afraid of the people of the land, for they are food for us. For their time is over, and the Lord is with us. Fear them not.
10 And when all the congregation ordered to stone them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, over the tabernacle of the testimony, to all the children of Israel.