Numbers 32:13

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord became angry with the people and made them wander in the wilderness forty years until that whole generation that had displeased him was dead.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:5

But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.

Psalm 78:33

So he ended their days like a breath and their lives with sudden disaster.

Numbers 14:32

You will die here in this wilderness.

Deuteronomy 2:7

“Remember how the Lord your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years, and you have had everything you needed.

Psalm 107:4

Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate manna for the next forty years, until they reached the land of Canaan, where they settled. (

Judges 2:14

And so the Lord became furious with Israel and let raiders attack and rob them. He let the enemies all around overpower them, and the Israelites could no longer protect themselves.

Judges 2:20

Then the Lord would become furious with Israel and say, “This nation has broken the covenant that I commanded their ancestors to keep. Because they have not obeyed me,

Psalm 95:10

For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, ‘How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.’

Amos 2:9

“And yet, my people, it was for your sake that I totally destroyed the Amorites, who were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks.

Amos 2:10

I brought you out of Egypt, led you through the desert for forty years, and gave you the land of the Amorites to be your own.