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21 But as I live, and my name liveth, and the glory of the Lord shall fill the whole earth;
22 because all these men, who have seen my glory, and the wonders which I have done in Egypt, and in this wilderness, have actually tempted me now the tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice,
23 they indeed shall not see the land which I, with an oath, promised their fathers. But with regard to their children who are here with me; as many as have not known good or evil; every one who is too young to be taught by experience, to them I will give the land. As for all them who have provoked me, they shall not see it;
24 But with regard to my servant Chaleb, because there was a different spirit in him, and he followed me, him I will bring into the land to which he went, and his seed shall inherit it.
25 Now the Amalekites and the Chananites dwell in that valley, turn therefore to-morrow, and remove into the wilderness by the way to the Red sea.
26 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear with this wicked congregation? I have heard what they murmur before me; the murmuring of the Israelites which they have uttered concerning you,
28 Say to them, As I live, saith the Lord, As you have spoken in my hearing, so will I actually do to you.
29 In this wilderness your carcasses shall fall; the whole review of you; even all of you who have been reviewed, from twenty years old, and upwards, who have murmured against me.
30 None of you shall come into that land, respecting which I stretched forth my hand to cause you to dwell therein, save only Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.
31 But as for your children, which you said would be for a prey, them I will bring into the land, and they shall inherit that land which you have rejected.
32 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and in this wilderness
33 your children shall be fed forty years. They shall bear your whoredom until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
34 According to the number of days in which you explored the land, counting each of the forty days a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and shall know the vengeance of my wrath.
35 I the Lord have spoken. In this manner I will assuredly deal with this wicked congregation, which hath risen up against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die,
36 with those men whom Moses sent to view the land, and who, on their return, murmured against it before the congregation, to raise an evil report concerning it.
37 Now the men who spoke ill against the land were struck dead before the Lord,
38 and Joshua son of Nave and Chaleb son of Jephonne alone survived of all the men who had gone to view the land.
39 When Moses rehearsed these words to all the children of Israel, the people mourned exceedingly,
40 and rising early the next morning they went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, here we are, we will go up to the place which the Lord hath said, for we have sinned.
41 Though Moses said, Why do you transgress the command of the Lord? Things will not prosper with you.
42 Do not go up, for the Lord is not with you. You will therefore fall before the face of your enemies.
43 Because the Amalekites and the Chananites are there before you, you will therefore fall by the sword. Because you have turned back, and disobeyed the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be among you.
44 Notwithstanding this, they obstinately went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.
45 And the Amalekites and the Chananites, who were in ambush on the mountain, came down, and drove them back, and smote them even to Ermon. So they returned to the camp.