Only don’t rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us. Don’t fear them.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 14:9 in context
Numbers 14:6–12
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Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
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They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
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If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.
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Only don’t rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us. Don’t fear them.”
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But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones.
The LORD’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
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The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
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I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
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