Deuteronomy 1:26–40

²⁶“But you were not willing to go up, rebelling against the command of the Lord your God. ²⁷You grumbled in your tents ^yand said, ‘The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites so they would destroy us, because He hated us. ²⁸Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us, ^zsaying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. ^aWe also saw the descendants of the Anakim ^bthere.’

²⁹“So I said to you: Don’t be terrified or afraid of them! ^c30The Lord your God who goes before you ^dwill fight for you, ^ejust as you saw Him do for you in Egypt. ³¹And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place. ³²But in spite of this you did not trust the Lord your God, ³³who went before you on the journey to seek out a place for you to camp. He went in the fire by night and in the cloud by day to guide you on the road you were to travel.

³⁴“When the Lord heard your ^fwords, He grew angry and swore an oath: ³⁵‘None of these men in this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your fathers, ^g36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the Lord completely.’

³⁷“The Lord was angry with me also because of you and said: ‘You will not enter there either. ^h38Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it. ⁱ³⁹Your little children, whom you said would be plunder, your sons who ^jdon’t know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it. ⁴⁰But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.’ ^k