What happensPermalink
Israel believes the spies’ bad report and decide to return to Egypt. God tells Moses He will destroy them, but instead, He sets them wandering until all who rebelled are dead.
Why it mattersPermalink
The spies’ cowardice leads to forty years of wandering. God’s judgment is ironic: all those who refused to go up into the land are doomed never to enter it.
Key versePermalink
“…not one shall come into the land where I [God] swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.”