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32 Yet in this thing you did not believe the LORD your God, 33 Who went in the way before you to prepare a place for you to encamp in it, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your complaining, and was angry, and swore, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers, 36 Except Caleb the son of Jophaniah; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land upon which he has trodden, and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD. 37 Also the LORD was angry with me on your account, saying, You also shall not go in thither. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there; encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, who you said would be a prey, and your children, who in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, shall go in there, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, turn you and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. 41 Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD our God, we will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us. And when you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were stirred up to go up into the mountain. 42 And the LORD said to me, Say to them, You shall not go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies. 43 So I spoke to you; and you would not listen, and you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the mountain. 44 And the Amorites, who dwelt in that mountain, came out against you and chased you as smoked-out bees do, and drove you away from Seir, as far as Hirmah. 45 Then you sat down and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice nor give ear to you. 46 So you remained in Rakim many days, according to the days that you remained there. Deuteronomy 1:32-46, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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