Numbers 14:20-33

²⁰“I have forgiven them as you asked,” the Lord replied.

²¹“But even so, as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord's glory,

²²not a single one of the those who saw my glory and the miracles I did in Egypt and in the desert—but provoked me and refused to obey me time and time again—

²³not a single one of them is ever going to see the country I promised to give their forefathers. None of those who rejected me will see it.

²⁴But because my servant Caleb has a totally different spirit and is fully committed to me, I will lead him to the country he visited, and his descendants will own it.

²⁵Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, tomorrow you are to turn around and head back into the desert, taking the route towards the Red Sea.”

²⁶The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

²⁷“How much longer are these wicked people going to criticize me? I've heard what they're saying, making complaints against me.

²⁸Go and tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I'll do just what I heard you say you wanted, believe me!

²⁹All of you will die in this desert, everyone who was registered in the census that counted those aged twenty or over, because you made complaints against me.

³⁰Absolutely none of you will enter the country I promised to give you to live in, except for Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun.

³¹However, I will take your children—those you said would be taken away as plunder—into the country you rejected, and they will appreciate it.

³²But you—you are all going to die in this desert.

³³Your children will wander in the desert for forty years, suffering because of your lack of trust until all your bodies lie buried in the desert.