Numbers 14:23

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Summary

Numbers 14:23

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

Surely they shall not see

General references

Numbers 32:10

Joshua 14:9

Bible References

Surely they shall not see

But among all these was not one of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the waste land of Sinai.

Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;

Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:

And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands;

And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

General references

And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,

And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.