What did the spies report when they returned after 40 days?
The spies returned after 40 days with a horrible report: they said they could not take it, the inhabitants were like giants, and they were as grasshoppers. They moaned and groaned all night, and their problem was unbelief. That was another Tisha B'Av, Israel's great day of mourning.
Les explains that the spies were gone 40 days and then came back with a horrible report, saying they couldn’t take it because the people were like giants and they were as grasshoppers. They moaned and groaned all night, which was another Tisha B’Av, Israel’s great day of mourning on the 9th of August. Les identifies their problem as unbelief. He also connects this to Hebrews chapter 3, where Paul writes that some provoked, and God was grieved 40 years with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness.