John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 14:7
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel ,.... To as many as could hear them, to the heads of them: saying, the land which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land ; they observe that they were of the number of the spies that were appointed and sent to search the land of Canaan, and they had searched it, and therefore could give an account of it from their own knowledge; and they had not only entered into it, or just looked at a part of it, but... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 14:6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh ,.... Rose up and interposed in this affair, looking upon themselves under a special obligation so to do, as they were capable of confronting the other spies, and contradicting what they had said: which were of them that searched the land ; they were two of that number, and were the more concerned to hear such a false account given, and distressed to observe the mutiny of the people, and therefore judged themselves in duty bound... read more