35. “I promised a good land to your ancestors. But none of you evil people will see it.
36. Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on. I will do this because he followed me completely.”
37. Because of you, the Lord was also angry with me. He said to me, “You won’t enter the land either.
38. But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will go there. Encourage Joshua, because he will lead Israel to take the land for their own.”
39. The Lord said to us, “You said your babies would be captured. But they will go into the land. They are too young to know right from wrong. So I will give the land to them. And they will take it for their own.
40. But you must turn around. Follow the desert road toward the Gulf of Aqaba.”
41. Then you said to me, “We have sinned against the Lord. But now we will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us.” Then all of you put on weapons. You thought it would be easy to go into the mountains.