Deuteronomy:1:26-46

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* Notwithstanding ye would not go up , but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God ; * and ye murmured in your tents and said , Because the LORD hated us , he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite , to destroy us . * Where shall we go up ? Our brethren have discouraged our heart , saying , This people [is ] greater and taller than we ; the cities [are ] great and walled up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there . * Then I said unto you , Dread not , neither be afraid of them . * The LORD your God who goes before you , he shall fight for you , according to all that he did with you in Egypt before your eyes ; * and in the wilderness thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee , as a man doth bear his son , in all the way that ye went until ye came into this place . * Yet with all this ye did not believe in the LORD your God , * who went in the way before you to search you out a place to pitch your tents , with fire by night , to show you by what way ye should go , and with a cloud by day . * And the LORD heard the voice of your words and was angry and swore , saying , * Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land , which I swore to give unto your fathers , * except Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; he shall see it , and to him will I give the land that he has trodden upon , and to his sons , because he has perfectly followed the LORD . * Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes , saying , Thou shalt not go in there either . * [But ] Joshua , the son of Nun , who stands before thee , he shall go in there ; encourage him ; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it . * Moreover your little ones , whom ye said should be a prey and your children who in that day had no knowledge between good and evil , they shall go in there , and unto them will I give it , and they shall inherit it . * But [as for ] you , return and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea . * [Then ] ye answered and said unto me , We have sinned against the LORD , we will go up and fight , according to all that the LORD our God has commanded us . And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war , ye were ready to go up into the mountain . * And the LORD said unto me , Say unto them , Do not go up or fight , for I [am ] not among you , lest ye be smitten before your enemies . * So I spoke unto you , and ye would not hear but were rebels against the word of the LORD , and went presumptuously up into the hill . * And the Amorite , who dwelt in that mountain , came out against you and chased you , as bees do , and destroyed you in Seir , [even ] unto Hormah . * And ye returned and wept before the LORD , but the LORD would not hearken to your voice , nor give ear unto you . * So ye abode in Kadesh many days , according unto the days that ye abode [there ].:

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