Contradiction with Numbers 13:31
This verse contradicts 13:27 by expressing doubt and fear about the possibility of overcoming the land's inhabitants, unlike the positive report of abundance in 13:27.
Numbers 13:31: But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.
Contradiction with Numbers 14:2
This verse contradicts 13:27 by showing the Israelites' despair and wish to have died in Egypt, opposing the promising description of the land.
Numbers 14:2: And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Contradiction with Numbers 14:3
This verse contradicts 13:27 by highlighting the people's fear that they would be defeated and their families taken captive, contrasting with the land's bounty mentioned in 13:27.
Numbers 14:3: And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Contradiction with Numbers 13:32
This verse directly opposes 13:27 as it describes the land as one that 'eateth up the inhabitants thereof,' contrary to the favorable description in 13:27.
Numbers 13:32: And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature. [men...: Heb. men of statures]
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:28
This verse contradicts 13:27 by expressing fear and describing the inhabitants as greater and taller, creating a negative impression of what was initially a good report.
Deuteronomy 1:28: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. [discouraged: Heb. melted]
Contradiction with Numbers 14:36
This verse opposes 13:27 as it discusses the bad report brought by other spies, contradicting the positive information about the land's fruitfulness.
Numbers 14:36: And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,