10. So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:
11. ‘Because they did not follow Me completely, none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob —
12. none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did follow the Lord completely.’
13. The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.
14. And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
15. If you turn back from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”
16. Then they approached him and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our dependents.