Numbers 14:39
“And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.”
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
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“And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.”
“And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.”
“And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.”
“And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.”
“Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.”