shall by nomeansseethe landwhichI sworeto their fathers,norshall anyof those who spurnedMe seeit.
"You madetheir sonsnumerousas the starsof heaven,And You broughtthem into the landWhichYou had toldtheir fathersto enterand possess.
Therefore He sworeto them That He would castthem downin the wilderness,
"ThereforeI sworein My anger,Trulythey shall not enterinto My rest."
if it doesevilin My sightby not obeyingMy voice,then I will thinkbetterof the goodwith whichI had promisedto blessit.
"AlsoI sworeto them in the wildernessthat I would not bringthem into the landwhichI had giventhem, flowingwith milkand honey,whichis the gloryof alllands,
But among thesethere was not a manof those who were numberedby Mosesand Aaronthe priest,whonumberedthe sonsof Israelin the wildernessof Sinai.
For the LORDhad saidof them, "They shall surelydiein the wilderness."And not a manwas leftof them, exceptCalebthe sonof Jephunnehand Joshuathe sonof Nun.
Noneof the menwho cameup from Egypt,from twentyyearsoldand upward,shall seethe landwhichI sworeto Abraham,to Isaacand to Jacob;for they did not followMe fully,
See,I have placedthe landbeforeyou; goin and possessthe landwhichthe LORDsworeto giveto your fathers,to Abraham,to Isaac,and to Jacob,to them and their descendantsafterthem.'
For we whohave believedenterthat rest,justas He has said,"AS I SWOREIN MY WRATH,THEY SHALL NOT ENTERMY REST,"althoughHis workswere finishedfrom the foundationof the world.
