11. Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they were not perfect in following me,
12. except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua, the son of Nun, for they were perfect in following the Lord.
13. And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed.
14. And, behold, ye are risen up in the place of your fathers, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.
15. For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave you in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
16. Then they came near unto him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones,
17. but we ourselves will go arm ourselves and go with diligence before the sons of Israel until we have brought them unto their place, and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18. We will not return unto our houses until the sons of Israel have inherited each man his inheritance.