⁷ and attempted to reason with the entire congregation of Israel. They told them, “The land that we went through and explored is very, very good. ⁸ If the Lord is pleased with us, he’ll bring us into this land and give it to us. It flows with milk and honey. ⁹ However, don’t rebel against the Lord or be afraid of the people who live in the land, because we’ll gobble them right up.^[a] Their defenses will collapse, because the Lord is with us. You are not to be afraid of them.”