Numbers 14:20-35

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Pardons and Rebukes

²⁰So the Lord said, “^(A)I have forgiven them in accordance with your word; ²¹however, ^(B)as I live, ^[a]^(C)all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. ²²Certainly ^(D)all the people who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet ^(E)have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, ²³^(F)shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who were disrespectful to Me see it. ²⁴But as for My servant Caleb, ^(G)because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, ^(H)I will bring him into the land which he ^[b]entered, and his ^[c]descendants shall take possession of it. ²⁵^(I)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the ^[d]Red Sea.”

²⁶The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron again, saying, ²⁷“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who are ^(J)grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel which they are ^[e]voicing against Me. ²⁸Say to them, ‘^(K)As I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘just as ^(L)you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you; ²⁹^(M)your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all ^(N)your ^[f]numbered men according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. ³⁰By no means will you come into the land where I ^[g]swore to settle you, ^(O)except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. ³¹^(P)Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. ³²^(Q)But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. ³³Also, your sons will be shepherds in the wilderness for ^(R)forty years, and they will ^[h]suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your bodies perish in the wilderness. ³⁴In accordance with the ^(S)number of days that you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall suffer the punishment for your ^[i]guilt a year, that is, forty years, and you will know My opposition. ³⁵^(T)I, the Lord, have spoken, I certainly will do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be worn out in this wilderness, and there they shall die.’”