Deuteronomy 1:26–40

²⁶“But you were unwilling to go up. You rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;^{* 27}you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘It is because the Lord hates us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to hand us over to the Amorites to destroy us.^{* 28}Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’^{* 29}I said to you, ‘Have no dread or fear of them. ³⁰The Lord your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes^{* 31}and in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as one carries a child, all the way that you traveled until you reached this place.^{* 32}But in spite of this, you have no trust in the Lord your God,^{* 33}who goes before you on the way to seek out a place for you to camp, in fire by night, and in the cloud by day, to show you the route you should take.’^*

The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion

³⁴“When the Lord heard your words, he was wrathful and swore,^{* 35}‘Not one of these—not one of this evil generation—shall see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors, ³⁶except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his descendants I will give the land on which he set foot, because of his complete fidelity to the Lord.’ ³⁷Even with me the Lord was angry on your account, saying, ‘You also shall not enter there.^{* 38}Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, shall enter there; encourage him, for he is the one who will secure Israel’s possession of it.^{* 39}And as for your little ones who you thought would become plunder, your children who today do not yet know right from wrong, they shall enter there; to them I will give it, and they shall take possession of it.^{* 40}But as for you, journey back into the wilderness, in the direction of the Red Sea.’^b*