16. Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
17. And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18. Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear
19. Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
20. And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
21. but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
22. because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23. surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:
24. but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
25. Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
26. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27. How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28. Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29. your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,
30. surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31. But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.