26 “But you were not willing to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled in your tents(A) and said, ‘The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites in order to destroy us, because he hates us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart,[a](B) saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens.(C) We also saw the descendants of the Anakim(D) there.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1:28 Lit have melted our hearts

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up;(A) you rebelled(B) against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled(C) 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. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(D) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(E) there.’”

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