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Atomic Bible
Numbers 14:36
So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
from The Plague on the Ten Spies, Numbers 14:36-39
What it says

The men Moses sent to spy out the land are identified as the ones who made the congregation grumble by their bad report.

What it is doing

It recalls their specific part in the rebellion.

In context

36So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— 37those men who had brought out the bad report about the land— were struck down by a plague before the LORD. 38Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive. 39And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.