Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.
And they grumbled in their tents, They did not listen to the voice of יהוה.
In spite of all this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wonders.
And it came to be, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, though that was nearer, for Elohim said, “Lest the people regret when they see fighting, and return to Mitsrayim.”
And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
From the tribe of Ashĕ
“And we saw there the Nephilim, sons of Anaq, of the Nephilim. And we were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in their eyes.”
And all the children of Yisra’ĕ
“But you would not go up and rebelled against the mouth of יהוה your Elohim,
“And you returned and wept before יהוה, but יהוה would not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
“And when יהוה sent you from Qaḏ
“But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I followed יהוה my Elohim completely.
And Dawiḏ