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20 Yahweh said, “I have forgiven them according to your word; 21 but as I am alive, the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth. 22 But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice, 23 they will not see the land that I swore by oath to their ancestors,[a] and all those who despised me will not see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that he entered,[b] and his offspring will take possession of it. 25 And the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; tomorrow turn and set out for the desert by way of the Red Sea.”[c]

26 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 “How long will I bear this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites[d] which they are making[e] against me. 28 Say to them, ‘Surely as I live,’ declares[f] Yahweh, ‘just as you spoke in my hearing,[g] so I will do to you; 29 in this desert your corpses will fall, and all your counted ones, according to all your number, from twenty years old[h] and above who grumbled against me. 30 You yourselves will not come into the land that I swore by oath[i] to make you to dwell in it, but Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 But your little children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them, and they will know the land that you rejected. 32 But for you, all your corpses will fall in this desert. 33 And your children will be shepherds in the desert forty years,[j] and you will bear your unfaithfulness until all your corpses have fallen[k] in the desert. 34 According to the number of the days[l] that you explored the land, forty days,[m] a day for each year,[n] you will bear your sins forty years,[o] and you will know my opposition.’ 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken; I will surely do this to all this evil community who has banded together against me. In this desert they will come to an end, and there they will die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:23 Or “fathers”
  2. Numbers 14:24 Or “he went to”
  3. Numbers 14:25 Literally “sea of reed”
  4. Numbers 14:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Numbers 14:27 Literally “they are grumbling”
  6. Numbers 14:28 Literally “declaration of”
  7. Numbers 14:28 Literally “in my ears”
  8. Numbers 14:29 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  9. Numbers 14:30 Literally “I lifted up my hand”
  10. Numbers 14:33 Hebrew “year”
  11. Numbers 14:33 Literally “until to complete your corpses”
  12. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
  13. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
  14. Numbers 14:34 Literally “a day for a year a day for a year”
  15. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “year”

20 The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested. 21 Yet as surely as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,(A) 22 none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me, 23 will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers.(B) None of those who have despised Me(C) will see it. 24 But since My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me completely, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.(D) 25 Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the lowlands,[a] turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”(E)

26 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 27 “How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.(F) 28 Tell them: As surely as I live,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. 29 Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you 20 years old or more(G)—because you have complained about Me. 30 I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised[b] to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder(H) into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.(I) 32 But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness. 34 You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day.[c](J) You will know My displeasure.[d] 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me.(K) They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:25 Lit valley
  2. Numbers 14:30 Lit I raised My hand
  3. Numbers 14:34 Lit a day for the year, a day for the year
  4. Numbers 14:34 Or My opposition