37. Even those men who brought the evil report of the land died by a plague before the Lord. [Heb. 3:17-19; Jude 5-7.]
38. But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to search the land, lived still.
39. Moses told [the Lord's] words to all the Israelites, and [they] mourned greatly.
40. And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we intend to go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.
41. But Moses said, Why now do you transgress the command of the Lord [to turn back by way of the Red Sea], since it will not succeed?