² And all the sons of Israel ^(A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “^(B)If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness!

Moses Pleads for the People

^11 (A)And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people be disrespectful to Me? And how long will ^(B)they not ^[a]believe in Me, despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?

³⁰ By no means will you come into the land where I ^[a]swore to settle you, ^(A)except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

³⁵ ‘^(A)Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers,

³⁶ except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and ^(A)to him I will give the land on which he has set foot, and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord fully.’

³⁸ Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, ^(A)shall himself enter there; encourage him, for ^(B)he will give it to Israel as an inheritance.