16. ‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he promised them. So he killed them in the desert.’
17. “So now, Lord, show your strength! Show it the way you said you would.
18. You said, ‘The Lord is slow to become angry. He is full of great love. He forgives those who are guilty and break the law. But he always punishes those who are guilty. He punishes them, and he also punishes their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren for those bad things.’
19. Now, show your great love to these people. Forgive their sin. Forgive them the same way you have been forgiving them since the time they left Egypt until now.”
20. The Lord answered, “Yes, I will forgive the people as you asked.
21. But I tell you the truth. As surely as I live and as surely as the Glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, I make you this promise:
22. None of the people I led out of Egypt will ever see the land of Canaan. They saw my glory and the great signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert. But they disobeyed me and tested me ten times.
23. I promised their ancestors that I would give them that land. But none of those people who turned against me will ever enter that land!
24. But my servant Caleb was different. He follows me completely. So I will bring him into the land that he has already seen, and his people will get that land.
25. The Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valley. So tomorrow you must leave this place. Go back to the desert on the road to the Red Sea.”
26. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,