⁴² But God turned away from them^(A) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.^(B) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

¹⁸ for about forty years he endured their conduct^[a](A) in the wilderness;^(B)

³⁵ The Israelites ate manna^(A) forty years,^(B) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.^(C)

³³ Your children will be shepherds here for forty years,^(A) suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. ³⁴ For forty years^(B)—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land^(C)—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’

¹⁷ And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^(A)