Then Moses said, “Please do not leave us, for you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us [as we make our trek through the desert].

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me disrespectfully and reject Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the [miraculous] signs which I have performed among them?

“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who murmur [in discontent] against Me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, which they are making against Me.

that our fathers (ancestors) went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time, and the Egyptians treated [both] us and our fathers badly.

“How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed?
Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?

How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
And your tabernacles, O Israel!

“Nevertheless the Kenites will be consumed.
How long will Asshur (Assyria) keep you (Israel) captive?”