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.’
41. “Then you said, ‘Moses, we sinned against the Lord, but now we will do what the Lord our God commanded us before—we will go and fight.’ “Then each of you put on your weapons. You thought it would be easy to go and take the hill country.
42. But the Lord said to me, ‘Tell the people not to go up there and fight, because I will not be with them. Their enemies will defeat them!’
43. “I spoke to you, but you did not listen. You refused to obey the Lord’S command. You thought you could use your own power, so you went up into the hill country.
44. The Amorites who lived there came out like a swarm of bees and chased you all the way from Seir to Hormah.
45. Then you came back crying to the Lord for help, but the Lord refused to listen to you.
46. So you stayed at Kadesh for such a long time.