Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me
Meaning the rest of the spies, excepting Joshua, that went up
with him into the land of Canaan to spy it, which they might be
properly said to do, since they went up a hill or mountain, in
order to go into it, ( Numbers
13:17 ) ;
made the heart of the people melt;
discouraged them, filled them with fears, sunk their spirits,
that their hearts flowed, and became as weak as water, having no
strength left in them, or hope of possessing the land; being told
what stout and gigantic men the inhabitants of it were, and how
strongly fortified were their cities:
but I wholly followed the Lord my God;
and did not join with them in an ill report of the good land; but
having the fear of God before his eyes, walked after that, and
delivered in his report faithfully, according to the dictates of
his conscience, and the real sentiments of his mind; of this
phrase, (See Gill on Numbers
14:24).