The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness(A) forty years(B) until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us,(C) a land flowing with milk and honey.(D)

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For the sons of Israel walked (A)forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, [a]perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, (B)to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:6 Lit were finished