Numbers 14

The whole congregation weep at the account brought by the spies, Numbers 14:1 . They murmur, Numbers 14:2 , Numbers 14:3 ; and propose to make themselves a captain, and go back to Egypt, Numbers 14:4 . Moses and Aaron are greatly affected, Numbers 14:5 . Joshua and Caleb endeavor to appease and encourage the people, Numbers 14:6-9 . The congregation are about to stone them, Numbers 14:10 . The glory of the Lord appears, and he is about to smite the rebels with the pestilence, Numbers 14:11 , Numbers 14:12 . Moses makes a long and pathetic intercession in their behalf, Numbers 14:13-19 . The Lord hears and forbears to punish, Numbers 14:20 ; but purposes that not one of that generation shall enter into the promised land save Joshua and Caleb, Numbers 14:21-24 . Moses is commanded to turn and get into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, Numbers 14:25 . The Lord repeats his purpose that none of that generation shall enter into the promised land - that their carcasses shall fall in the wilderness, and that their children alone, with Joshua and Caleb, shall possess the land of the Canaanites, etc., Numbers 14:26-32 . As many days as they have searched the land shall they wander years in the desert, until they shall be utterly consumed, Numbers 14:33-35 . All the spies save Joshua and Caleb die by a plague, Numbers 14:36-38 . Moses declares God's purpose to the people, at which they are greatly affected, Numbers 14:39 . They acknowledge their sin, and purpose to go up at once and possess the land, Numbers 14:40 . Moses cautions them against resisting the purpose of God, Numbers 14:41-43 . They, notwithstanding, presume to go, but Moses and the ark abide in the camp, Numbers 14:44 . The Amalekites and Canaanites come down from the mountains, and defeat them, Numbers 14:45 .