31. And in the desert you saw how the Lord your God carried you, like one carries a child. And he has brought you safely all the way to this place.”
32. But you still did not trust the Lord your God, even though
33. he had always gone before you to find places for you to camp. In a fire at night and in a cloud during the day, he showed you which way to go.
34. When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and made an oath, saying,
35. “I promised a good land to your ancestors, but none of you evil people will see it.
36. Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on, because he followed the Lord completely.”
37. Because of you, the Lord was also angry with me and said, “You won’t enter the land either,
38. but your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to take the land for their own.
39. “Your little children that you said would be captured, who do not know right from wrong at this time, will go into the land. I will give the land to them, and they will take it for their own.