23. So He said He would have destroyed them —if Moses His chosen onehad not stood before Him in the breachto turn His wrath away from destroying them.
24. They despised the pleasant landand did not believe His promise.
25. They grumbled in their tentsand did not listen to the Lord’s voice.
26. So He raised His hand against them with an oaththat He would make them fall in the desert
27. and would disperse their descendants among the nations,scattering them throughout the lands.