even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised; for we have sinned.”