²⁰ The Lord answered, “I will forgive them, as you have asked. ^21 (A)But I promise that as surely as I live and as surely as my presence fills the earth, ²² none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me. ²³ They will never enter the land which I promised to their ancestors. None of those who have rejected me will ever enter it.

The Lord Punishes Israel^(A)

^34 (B)“The Lord heard your complaints and became angry, and so he solemnly declared, ³⁵ ‘Not one of you from this evil generation will enter the fertile land that I promised to give your ancestors. ³⁶ Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will enter it. He has remained faithful to me, and I will give him and his descendants the land that he has explored.’

^3 (A)We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised. It is just as he said,

^5 (A)This same matter is spoken of again: “They will never enter that land where I would have given them rest.”