²⁷ So they reported to him and said, “We came into the land where you sent us, and ^(A)it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and ^(B)this is its fruit. ²⁸ Nevertheless, ^(C)the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw ^(D)the ^[a]descendants of Anak there! ²⁹ Amalek is living in the land of ^(E)the Negev, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and ^(F)the Amorites are living in the hill country, and ^(G)the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan.”

³⁰ Then Caleb quieted the people ^[b]before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will certainly prevail over it.” ³¹ But the men who had gone up with him said, “^(H)We are not able to go up against the people, because they are too strong for us.” ³² So they brought ^(I)a bad report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land through which we have gone to spy out is ^(J)a land that devours its inhabitants; and ^(K)all the people whom we saw in it are people of great stature.

²⁴ But as for My servant Caleb, ^(A)because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, ^(B)I will bring him into the land which he ^[a]entered, and his ^[b]descendants shall take possession of it. ^25 (C)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the ^[c]Red Sea.”

²⁶ The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron again, saying, ²⁷ “How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who are ^(D)grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel which they are ^[d]voicing against Me. ²⁸ Say to them, ‘^(E)As I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘just as ^(F)you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you;