Bible verse
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
Numbers 14:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 14.
3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
4 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
7 and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
8 If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
KJV
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land.
ASV
and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
ERV
and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
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