28. Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, They are a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
29. And I said unto you, Be not afraid, neither fear them;
30. Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31. and in the wilderness where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came to this place.
32. But In this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God
33. who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
34. And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,
35. None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!
36. Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.
37. Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38. Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39. And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40. But ye, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
41. --And ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God hath commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and ye would go presumptuously up the hill.
42. And Jehovah said to me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43. And I spoke unto you, but ye would not hear, and ye rebelled against the word of Jehovah, and acted presumptuously, and went up the hill.
44. And the Amorite that dwelt on that hill came out against you, and chased you, like as bees do, and cut you in pieces in Seir, as far as Hormah.
45. And ye returned and wept before Jehovah, but Jehovah would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you.