34. When the Lord heard your words, he was angry, and took an oath:
35. Not a single one of this evil generation shall look upon the good land I swore to give to your ancestors,
36. except Caleb, son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, for to him and to his descendants I will give the land he trod upon, because he has fully followed the Lord.
37. The Lord was angered against me also on your account, and said, You shall not enter there either,
38. but Joshua, son of Nun, your attendant, shall enter. Encourage him, for he is the one who is to give Israel its possession.
39. Your little ones, who you said would become plunder, and your children, who as yet do not know good from evil—they shall enter there; to them I will give it, and they shall take possession of it.
40. But as for yourselves: turn back and proceed into the wilderness on the Red Sea road.