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All the sons of IsraelgrumbledagainstMoses and Aaron; and the wholecongregationsaid to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Orwould that we had died in thiswilderness!
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"Why is the LORDbringing us into thisland, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our littleones will becomeplunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"
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"Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them."
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The LORDsaid to Moses, "Howlong will thispeoplespurn Me? And howlong will they not believe in Me, despite all the signswhich I have performed in their midst?
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and they will tell it to the inhabitants of thisland. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of thispeople, for You, O LORD, are seeneye to eye, while Your cloudstandsover them; and You gobefore them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
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'The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgivinginiquity and transgression; but He will by nomeansclear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.'
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"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of thispeople according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiventhispeople, from Egypt even untilnow."
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"Surelyall the men who have seen My glory and My signswhich I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the testthesetentimes and have not listened to My voice,
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"But My servantCaleb, because he hashad a differentspirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the landwhich he entered, and his descendants shall takepossession of it.
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"Howlong* shall I bear with thisevilcongregationwho are grumblingagainst Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are makingagainst Me.
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your corpses will fall in thiswilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your completenumber from twentyyearsold and upward, who have grumbledagainst Me.
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'But as for you, your corpses will fall in thiswilderness.
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'Your sons shall be shepherds for fortyyears in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpseslie in the wilderness.
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'According to the number of dayswhich you spied out the land, fortydays, for everyday you shall bear your guilt a year, even fortyyears, and you will know My opposition.
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'I, the LORD, have spoken, surely*this I will do to allthisevilcongregation who are gathered together against Me. In thiswilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.' "
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As for the menwhomMosessent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregationgrumbleagainst him by bringing out a badreportconcerning the land,
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In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hillcountry, saying, "Here we are; we have indeedsinned, but we will go up to the placewhich the LORD has promised."
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"For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch** as you have turnedback from following the LORD. And the LORD will not be with you."