Numbers 14:35-37

Expanded Bible

³⁵ I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will certainly do these things to all ·these evil people [this evil community/congregation/assembly] who have come together against me. So they will all die here in this ·desert [wilderness].”

³⁶ The men Moses had sent to ·explore [spy on] the land had returned and ·spread complaints [grumbled] among all the ·people [community; congregation; assembly]. They had given a bad report about the land. ³⁷ The men who gave a very bad report died; the Lord killed them with a terrible ·sickness [plague].