Numbers 14:30-38

New King James Version

³⁰^(A)Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I ^[a]swore I would make you dwell in. ³¹^(B)But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall ^[b]know the land which ^(C)you have despised. ³²But as for you, ^(D)your^[c] carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. ³³And your sons shall ^(E)be ^[d]shepherds in the wilderness ^(F)forty years, and ^(G)bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. ³⁴^(H)According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, ^(I)forty days, for each day you shall bear your ^[e]guilt one year, namely forty years, ^(J)and you shall know My ^[f]rejection. ³⁵^(K)I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all ^(L)this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”

³⁶Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, ³⁷those very men who brought the evil report about the land, ^(M)died by the plague before the Lord. ³⁸^(N)But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.

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Footnotes

Numbers 14:30 solemnly promised
Numbers 14:31 be acquainted with
Numbers 14:32 You shall die.
Numbers 14:33 Vg. wanderers
Numbers 14:34 iniquity
Numbers 14:34 opposition

Numbers 14:30-38

New International Version

³⁰Not one of you will enter the land^(A) I swore with uplifted hand^(B) to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh^(C) and Joshua son of Nun.^(D) ³¹As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.^(E) ³²But as for you, your bodies will fall^(F) in this wilderness. ³³Your children will be shepherds here for forty years,^(G) suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. ³⁴For forty years^(H)—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land^(I)—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’ ³⁵I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things^(J) to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.^(K)”

³⁶So the men Moses had sent^(L) to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble^(M) against him by spreading a bad report^(N) about it— ³⁷these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report^(O) about the land were struck down and died of a plague^(P) before the Lord. ³⁸Of the men who went to explore the land,^(Q) only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.^(R)