Deuteronomy 1:34-40

International Children’s Bible

³⁴ When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry. He made a promise. He said, ³⁵ “I promised a good land to your ancestors. But none of you evil people will see it. ³⁶ Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on. I will do this because he followed me completely.”

³⁷ Because of you, the Lord was also angry with me. He said to me, “You won’t enter the land either. ³⁸ But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will go there. Encourage Joshua, because he will lead Israel to take the land for their own.”

³⁹ The Lord said to us, “You said your babies would be captured. But they will go into the land. They are too young to know right from wrong. So I will give the land to them. And they will take it for their own. ⁴⁰ But you must turn around. Follow the desert road toward the Gulf of Aqaba.”