15. may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
16. 'He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.'
17. Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
18. 'The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.'
19. Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place."
20. And the Lord said: "I have forgiven them according to your word.
21. Also, as I live, the entire world shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
22. And yet, all the men who have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tested me ten times already, and yet have not obeyed my voice,
23. these shall not see the land, about which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who detracted me gaze upon it.
24. My servant Caleb, who, being full of another spirit, has followed me, I will lead into this land, through which he has wandered, and his offspring shall possess it.
25. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea."
26. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
27. "How long will this very wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.
28. Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.