⁶Moses told the people of Gad and Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you stay behind? ⁷You will discourage the Israelites from going over to the land the Lord has given them. ⁸Your ancestors did the same thing. I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look at the land. ⁹They went as far as the Valley of Eshcol, and when they saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from going into the land the Lord had given them. ¹⁰The Lord became very angry that day and made this promise: ¹¹‘None of the people who came from Egypt and who are twenty years old or older will see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people have not followed me completely. ¹²Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun followed the Lord completely.’

¹³“The Lord was angry with Israel, so he made them wander in the desert for forty years. Finally all the people who had sinned against the Lord died, ¹⁴and now you are acting just like your ancestors! You sinful people are making the Lord even more angry with Israel. ¹⁵If you quit following him, it will add to their stay in the desert, and you will destroy all these people.”

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