Evil Complainers

²⁰ So Yahweh said, “^(A)I have pardoned them according to your word; ²¹ but indeed, ^(B)as I live, ^[a](C)all the earth will be filled with the glory of Yahweh. ²² Surely ^(D)all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I have done 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 spurned Me see it. ²⁴ But My servant Caleb, ^(G)because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, ^[b](H)I will bring into the land ^[c]which he entered, and his seed shall take possession of it. ^25 (I)Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the ^[d]Red Sea.”

²⁶ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²⁷ “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are ^(J)grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are ^[e]making against Me. ²⁸ Say to them, ‘^(K)As I live,’ declares Yahweh, ‘just as ^(L)you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you; ^29 (M)your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all ^(N)your ^[f]numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. ³⁰ Surely you shall not come into the land in which I ^[g]swore to make you dwell, ^(O)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. ^31 (P)Your little ones, however, who you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, so that they will know the land which you have rejected. ^32 (Q)But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. ³³ And your sons shall be shepherds for ^(R)forty years in the wilderness, and they will ^[h]suffer for your ^[i]unfaithfulness, until your corpses come to an end in the wilderness. ³⁴ According to the ^(S)number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your ^[j]guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition. ^35 (T)I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall come to an end, and there they will die.’”