7. Why do you wish to discourage the Israelites from crossing to the land the Lord has given them?
8. That is just what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to reconnoiter the land.
9. They went up to the Wadi Eshcol and reconnoitered the land, then so discouraged the Israelites that they would not enter the land the Lord had given them.
10. At that time the anger of the Lord flared up, and he swore: