Numbers 14:20–35

²⁰Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, ^aaccording to your word; ²¹but truly, as I live, ^ball the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord—^22cbecause 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 ^dthese ten times, and have not heeded My voice, ²³they certainly shall not ^esee the land of which I ⁶swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. ²⁴But My servant ^fCaleb, because he has a different spirit in him and ^ghas followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. ²⁵Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and ^hmove out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

Death Sentence on the Rebels

²⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²⁷ⁱ“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? ^jI have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. ²⁸Say to them, ^k‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: ²⁹The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, ^lall of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. ^30mExcept for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I ⁷swore I would make you dwell in. ³¹ⁿBut your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall ⁸know the land which ^oyou have despised. ³²But as for you, ^pyour ⁹carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. ³³And your sons shall ^qbe ¹shepherds in the wilderness ^rforty years, and ^sbear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. ^34tAccording to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, ^uforty days, for each day you shall bear your ²guilt one year, namely forty years, ^vand you shall know My ³rejection. ^35wI the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all ^xthis evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”