Deuteronomy 1:25-27

New International Reader's Version

²⁵ They got some of the fruit of that land. Then they brought it down to us and gave us their report. They said, “The Lord our God is giving us a good land.”

Israel Refuses to Obey the Lord

²⁶ But you wouldn’t go up. You refused to obey the command of the Lord your God. ²⁷ You spoke against him in your tents. You said, “The Lord hates us. That’s why he brought us out of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites. He wanted to destroy us.