²⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses:

In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them. ^21 (A) But as surely as I live and my power has no limit, ^22-23 I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.

^34 (A) You had made the Lord angry, and he said:

³⁵ You people of this generation are evil, and I refuse to let you go into the good land that I promised your ancestors. ³⁶ Caleb son of Jephunneh is the only one of your generation that I will allow to go in. He obeyed me completely, so I will give him and his descendants the land he explored.

^3 (A) Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest. It is just as the Scriptures say,

God said this, even though everything has been ready from the time of creation.

^5 (A) We also read that he later said, “You people will never enter my place of rest!”