12. except Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh, the Qenizzite, and Yehoshua son of Nun, for they have followed יהוה completely.’
13. “So the displeasure of יהוה burned against Yisra’ĕl, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the eyes of יהוה was destroyed.
14. “And see, you have risen in your father’s place, an increase of men, sinners, to add still more the burning displeasure of יהוה against Yisra’ĕl.
15. “For if you turn away from following Him, He shall once again leave them in the wilderness, and you shall destroy all these people.”
16. Then they came near to him and said, “Let us build sheep-enclosures here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,
17. but let us ourselves be armed, hastening before the children of Yisra’ĕl until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall dwell in the walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18. “We shall not return to our homes until every one of the children of Yisra’ĕl has received his inheritance.
19. “For we shall not inherit with them on the other side of the Yardĕn and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Yardĕn.”
20. And Mosheh said to them, “If you make this promise: if you arm yourselves before יהוה for battle,
21. and all your armed ones pass over the Yardĕn before יהוה until He has driven out His enemies from before Him,