29. “So I said to you, ‘Don’t be upset or afraid of those people.
30. The Lord your God is in front, leading you. He will fight for you just as he did in Egypt.
31. You saw what happened in the desert. You saw how the Lord your God carried you like a man carries his child. He brought you safely all the way to this place.’
32. “But you didn’t trust the Lord your God then either.
33. But he was always in front, going ahead to find a place for you to camp. At night, he was in the fire that showed you where to go. And during the day, he was in the cloud.
34. “The Lord heard what you said, and he was angry. He made a vow. He said,
35. ‘Not one of you evil people who are alive now will go into the good land that I promised to your ancestors.
36. Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see that land. I will give Caleb the land he walked on, and I will give that land to his descendants, because he did all that I, the Lord, commanded.’
37. “The Lord was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, you cannot enter the land, either.
38. But your helper, Joshua son of Nun, will go into the land. Encourage Joshua, because he will lead the Israelites to take the land for their own.
39. You thought your little children would be taken by your enemies. But those children, who are still too young to know right from wrong, will go into the land. I will give it to them. Your children will take the land for their own.
40. But you—you must turn around, take the road to the Red Sea and go back into the desert.’