18. Thus I charged you, at that time, with all the things you were to do.
19. Then we set out from Horeb and journeyed through that whole vast and fearful wilderness that you have seen, in the direction of the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord, our God, had commanded; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20. I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord, our God, is giving us.
21. See, the Lord, your God, has given this land over to you. Go up and take possession of it, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
22. Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and report to us on the road we should follow and the cities we will come upon.”
23. Agreeing with the proposal, I took twelve men from your number, one from each tribe.
24. They set out into the hill country as far as the Wadi Eshcol, and explored it.
25. Then, taking along some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “The land the Lord, our God, is giving us is good.”
26. But you refused to go up; you defied the command of the Lord, your God.