2 ^aAnd all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!  ‡

3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to¹ fall by the sword, that our wives and ^achildren should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”  ‡

6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: ^a“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.  ‡