You made their descendants {\cf2\super [53]} \par as many as the stars in the sky.\par You brought them to the land\par you promised to give their ancestors. {\cf2\super [54]} \par They went in and took that land.\par
Numbers 14:23 - Easy To Read Version I made a promise to their ancestors. [186] I promised that I would give them that land. But none of these people who turned against me will ever enter that land! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; nor shall any who provoked (spurned, despised) Me see it. [Heb. 6:4-11.] American Standard Version (1901) surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it: Common English Bible will see the land I promised to their ancestors. All who disrespected me won’t see it. Catholic Public Domain Version these shall not see the land, about which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who detracted me gaze upon it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall not see the land for which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any one of them that hath detracted me behold it. |
You made their descendants {\cf2\super [53]} \par as many as the stars in the sky.\par You brought them to the land\par you promised to give their ancestors. {\cf2\super [54]} \par They went in and took that land.\par
So I was angry, and I swore (promised)\par they would not enter my land of rest.\par
But I might see that nation doing evil things and not obeying me. Then I would think again about the good I had planned to do for that nation.
I made another promise to those people in the desert. I promised that I would not bring them into the land I was giving them. That was a good land filled with many good things. {\cf2\super [142]} It was the most beautiful of all countries!
Many years before, in the Sinai desert, Moses and Aaron the priest counted the people of Israel. But all those people were dead. None of those people were still alive.
Why? Because the Lord told those people of Israel that they would all die in the desert. The only two men who were left alive were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
‘None of the people who came from Egypt and are 20 years old or older will be allowed to see this land. I made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to these people. But they have not truly followed me. {So they will not get this land}.
Look, I am giving you that land. Go and take it. I promised to give that land to your ancestors [2] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give that land to them and to their descendants. [3] ’”
Only we people who believe are able to enter and have God’s rest. Like God said,