²⁰ Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, ^(A)according to your word; ²¹ but truly, as I live, ^(B)all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord— ^22 (C)because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now ^(D)these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, ²³ they certainly shall not ^(E)see the land of which I ^[a]swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. ²⁴ But My servant ^(F)Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and ^(G)has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. ²⁵ Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and ^(H)move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

Death Sentence on the Rebels

²⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ^27 (I)“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? ^(J)I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. ²⁸ Say to them, ^(K)‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: ²⁹ The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, ^(L)all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. ^30 (M)Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I ^[b]swore I would make you dwell in. ^31 (N)But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall ^[c]know the land which ^(O)you have despised. ³² But as for you, ^(P)your^[d] carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. ³³ And your sons shall ^(Q)be ^[e]shepherds in the wilderness ^(R)forty years, and ^(S)bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. ^34 (T)According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, ^(U)forty days, for each day you shall bear your ^[f]guilt one year, namely forty years, ^(V)and you shall know My ^[g]rejection. ^35 (W)I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all ^(X)this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”