Numbers 14:39
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
What it says
When Moses tells these words to all Israel, the people mourn bitterly.
What it is doing
It records the congregation’s immediate reaction to judgment.
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.