You made their descendants as many as the stars in the sky. You brought them to the land you promised to give their ancestors. They went in and took that land.
Numbers 14:23 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version I promised their ancestors that I would give them that land. But none of those 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 as many as the stars in the sky. You brought them to the land you promised to give their ancestors. They went in and took that land.
So in my anger I made this vow: ‘They will never enter my land of rest.’”
But if I see that nation doing evil things and not obeying me, I will think again about the good I had planned to do for them.
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. It was the most beautiful of all countries!
Many years before, in the desert of Sinai, Moses and Aaron the priest counted the Israelites. But all these people were dead. Not one of them was still alive,
because the Lord told them 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 did not really follow me.
Look, I am giving you this land. Go and take it. It is the land that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to them and to their descendants.’
Only we who believe it are able to enter God’s place of rest. As God said, “I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” Psalm 95:11 But God’s work was finished from the time he made the world.