New Living Translation

Numbers 14:36-41 New Living Translation (NLT)

36. The ten men Moses had sent to explore the land—the ones who incited rebellion against the lord with their bad report—

37. were struck dead with a plague before the lord.

38. Of the twelve who had explored the land, only Joshua and Caleb remained alive.

39. When Moses reported the lord’s words to all the Israelites, the people were filled with grief.

40. Then they got up early the next morning and went to the top of the range of hills. “Let’s go,” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the lord has promised us.”

41. But Moses said, “Why are you now disobeying the lord’s orders to return to the wilderness? It won’t work.