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25 They hand-picked some of the fruit of the land, brought it down to us, and gave a report that said, ‘The land which the Lord is about to give us is good.’”

Israel Rebels

26 “However, your ancestors didn’t go up. Instead, they rebelled against the command[a] of the Lord your God. 27 You murmured in your tents, ‘The Lord hates us. He brought us out of the land of Egypt in order to deliver us to[b] the Amorites so he could destroy us.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:26 Lit. mouth
  2. Deuteronomy 1:27 Lit. to give us into the hands of

25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,(A) “It is a good land(B) that the Lord our God is giving us.”(C)

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;(D) you rebelled(E) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(F) in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.

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