25. They took some of the fruit from the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us back a report: ‘The land the Lord our God is giving us is good.’
26. “But you were not willing to go up, rebelling against the command of the Lord your God.
27. You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites so they would destroy us, because He hated us.
28. Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’
29. “So I said to you: Don’t be terrified or afraid of them!
30. The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt.
31. And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.
32. But in spite of this you did not trust the Lord your God,
33. who went before you on the journey to seek out a place for you to camp. He went in the fire by night and in the cloud by day to guide you on the road you were to travel.
34. “When the Lord heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath: