Deuteronomy 1:26-36

Expanded Bible

Israel Refuses to Enter

²⁶ But you refused to go. You ·would not obey [rebelled against] the command of the Lord your God, ²⁷ but grumbled in your tents, saying, “The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to give us to the Amorites, who will destroy us. ²⁸ Where can we go now? ·The spies we sent have [^LOur relatives/brothers] made ·us afraid [^Lour hearts melt], because they said, ‘The people there are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are big, with walls up to the ·sky [heavens]. And we saw the Anakites there [Num. 13:28–33]!’”

²⁹ Then I said to you, “Don’t be frightened; don’t be afraid of those people. ³⁰ The Lord your God will go ahead of you and fight for you as he did in Egypt; ·you saw him do it [^Lbefore your eyes]. ³¹ And in the ·desert [wilderness] you saw how the Lord your God carried you, like one carries a child [Ps. 131]. And he has brought you safely all the way to this place.”

³² But you still did not trust the Lord your God, even though ³³ he had always gone before you to find places for you to camp. In a fire at night and in a cloud during the day, he showed you which way to go.

³⁴ When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and ·made an oath [swore], saying, ³⁵ “I promised a good land to your ·ancestors [fathers], but none of ·you evil people [this evil generation] will see it. ³⁶ Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it [Num. 14:24]. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on, because he followed the Lord completely [Josh. 15:13–19; Judg. 1:9–15].”