31. and in the wilderness thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went until ye came into this place.
32. Yet with all this ye did not believe in the Lord your God,
33. who went in the way before you to search you out a place to pitch your tents, with fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and with a cloud by day.
34. And the Lord heard the voice of your words and was angry and swore, saying,
35. Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,
36. except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he has trodden upon, and to his sons, because he has perfectly followed the Lord.
37. Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou shalt not go in there either.
38. But Joshua, the son of Nun, who stands before thee, he shall go in there; encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39. Moreover your little ones, whom ye said should be a prey and your children who in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in there, and unto them will I give it, and they shall inherit it.
40. But as for you, return and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41. Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the mountain.