Deuteronomy 9:28

Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.

Numbers 14:16

Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.

Exodus 32:12

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

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Summary

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

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Numbers 14:16
Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain