The Lord Pardons and Rebukes

²⁰ So the Lord 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 the Lord. ²² Surely ^(D)all the men 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 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 ^[d]descendants 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 ^[e]Red Sea.”

²⁶ The Lord 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 ^[f]making against Me. ²⁸ Say to them, ‘^(K)As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘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 ^[g]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 ^[h]swore to settle you, ^(O)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. ^31 (P)Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. ^32 (Q)But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. ³³ Your sons shall be shepherds for ^(R)forty years in the wilderness, and they will ^[i]suffer for your ^[j]unfaithfulness, until your corpses ^[k]lie 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 ^[l]guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition. ^35 (T)I, the Lord, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.’”