12. Except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord.
13. And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed.
14. And behold, you are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel.
15. For if you turn from following Him, He will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.
16. But they came near to him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and walled settlements for our little ones.
17. But we will be armed and ready to go before the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified settlements because of the people of the land.
18. We will not return to our homes until the Israelites have inherited every man his inheritance.
19. For we will not inherit with them on the [west] side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
20. Moses replied, If you will do as you say, going armed before the Lord to war,
21. And every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies before Him
22. And the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you shall return and be guiltless [in this matter] before the Lord and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.