35I [am] Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; -- in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.`
36And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,
37even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;
38and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.
39And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,
40and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we [are], and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.`
41And Moses saith, `Why [is] this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;