Deuteronomy 1:24-34

24 They set out and went up into the hill country, and when they reached the Valley of Eshcol they spied it out
25 and gathered some of the land's produce, which they brought down to us. They brought back a report to us, and said, "It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us."
26 But you were unwilling to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;
27 you grumbled in your tents and said, "It is because the Lord hates us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to hand us over to the Amorites to destroy us.
28 Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, "The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!' "
29 I said to you, "Have no dread or fear of them.
30 The Lord your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes,
31 and in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as one carries a child, all the way that you traveled until you reached this place.
32 But in spite of this, you have no trust in the Lord your God,
33 who goes before you on the way to seek out a place for you to camp, in fire by night, and in the cloud by day, to show you the route you should take."
34 When the Lord heard your words, he was wrathful and swore:
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