Numbers 14:1 (BSB)

Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

From Numbers 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 14:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 14:1: 1. And all the congregation lifted up their voice. Here we see how easily, by means of a few incentives, sedition is excited in a great multitude; for the people, unless governed by the counsel of others, is like the sea, exposed to many tempests; and the corruption of human nature produces this amongst innumerable other evils, that lies and impostures prevail over truth.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 14:1-4: Here we see what mischief the evil spies made by their unfair representation. We may suppose that these twelve that were impanelled to enquire concerning Canaan had talked it over among themselves before they brought in their report in public; and Caleb and Joshua, it is likely, had done their utmost to bring the rest over to be of their mind, and if they would...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 14:1: And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried,.... This is not to be understood of every individual in the congregation of Israel, but of the princes, heads, and elders of the people that were with Moses and Aaron when the report of the spies was made; though indeed the report might quickly spread throughout the body of the people, and occasion a general...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 14:1: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. (a) Those who were afraid at the report of the ten spies.