Numbers 14:20-25

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²⁰Then the Lord said to Moses:

In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them. ²¹^(A) But as surely as I live and my power has no limit, ^22-23I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.

²⁴^(B) But my servant Caleb isn't like the others. So because he has faith in me, I will allow him to cross into Canaan, and his descendants will settle there.

²⁵Now listen, Moses! The Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys of Canaan.^[a] And tomorrow, you'll need to turn around and head back into the desert toward the Red Sea.^[b]

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Footnotes

14.25 The Amalekites and the Canaanites … valleys of Canaan: That is, all possible ways into Canaan were blocked.
14.25 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, here referring to the Gulf of Aqaba, since the term is extended to include the northeastern arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at Exodus 13.18).