Trouble: when the Spies Brought Their Adverse Report

Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!” …

Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. …

So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” …