The people complained about their fears over magnifying the Lord their God. It upset God. Numbers 14:26-28 (NKJV) 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘j ust as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: God brought their fears upon them because they believed their fears over trusting in their God. We have to be very careful what we believe and say. Numbers 14:36-37 (NKJV) 36 Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, 37 those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague befo...