And when Pharao had sent out the people, the Lord led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking lest perhaps they would repent, if they should see wars arise against them, and would return into Egypt.
And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed devoureth its inhabitants. The people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature.
And when he sent you from Cadesbarne, saying: Go up, and possess the land that I have given you: and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him: neither would you hearken to his voice: