^14:28Say to them, ‘As I live,⁴⁶ says⁴⁷ the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.⁴⁸^14:29Your dead bodies⁴⁹ will fall in this wilderness—all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me. ^14:30You will by no means enter into the land where⁵⁰ I swore⁵¹ to settle⁵² you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Footnotes

46 Here again is the oath that God swore in his wrath, an oath he swore by himself, that they would not enter the land. “As the Lord lives,” or “by the life of the Lord,” are ways to render it.
47 The word נְאֻם (né’um) is an “oracle.” It is followed by the subjective genitive: “the oracle of the Lord” is equal to saying “the Lord says.”
48 Heb “in my ears.” They had expressed the longing to have died in the wilderness, and not in war. God will now give them that. They would not say to God “your will be done,” so he says to them, “your will be done” (to borrow from C. S. Lewis).
49 Or “your corpses” (also in vv. 32, 33).
50 The relative pronoun “which” is joined with the resumptive pronoun “in it” to form a smoother reading “where.”
51 The Hebrew text uses the anthropomorphic expression “I raised my hand” in taking an oath.
52 Heb “to cause you to dwell; to cause you to settle.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you: your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me, not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Tell them: As I live—this is the Lord’s declaration—I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you twenty years old or more—because you have complained about me. I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very things I heard you say. You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die. You will not enter and occupy the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Say to them, ‘Surely as I live,’ declares Yahweh, ‘just as you spoke in my hearing, so I will do to you; in this desert your corpses will fall, and all your counted ones, according to all your number, from twenty years old and above who grumbled against me. You yourselves will not come into the land that I swore by oath to make you to dwell in it, but Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

KJV 1900King James Version

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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