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And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

"Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection is gone from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them."

'Since the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who were disrespectful to Me see it.

"But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.

'By no means will you come into the land where I swore to settle you, except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

'Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.

'In accordance with the number of days that you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall suffer the punishment for your guilt a year, that is, forty years, and you will know My opposition.

As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and led all the congregation to grumble against him by bringing a bad report about the land,

those men who brought the bad report of the land also died by a plague in the presence of the LORD.

But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where you are going to live, which I am giving you,

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where I am bringing you,

then it shall be, that when you eat from the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

"I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God."

But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not trust in Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, for that reason you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey.