³ So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them leading men among the Israelites.

⁸ Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.^(A)

¹⁶ After that the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

²³ And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and occupy the land that I have given you,’ you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God, neither trusting him nor obeying him.

Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land

¹⁹ “Then, just as the Lord our God had ordered us, we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, until we reached Kadesh-barnea.^(A)

²³ The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.^(A)