1. That night all the people in the camp began crying loudly.
2. All the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron. All the people said to them, “We should have died in Egypt. Or we should have died in the desert.
3. Why is the Lord bringing us to this land? We will be killed with swords. Our wives and children will be taken away. We would be better off going back to Egypt.”
4. They said to each other, “Let’s get a leader and go back to Egypt.”
5. Then Moses and Aaron bowed facedown in front of all the Israelites gathered there.
6. Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh were among those who had explored the land. They tore their clothes.