When Moses made known to the people the divine decision, their rage was changed to mourning. They knew that their punishment was just. The ten unfaithful spies, divinely smitten by the plague, perished before the eyes of all Israel; and in their fate the people read their own doom.

Da Moses fortalte folket Guds beslutning, blev deres raseri forvandlet til sorg. De var klar over, at deres straf var retfærdig. Gud lod de ti troløse spejdere dø af pest, og de omkom for øjnene af hele Israel. I deres straf læste folket deres egen dom.