Deuteronomy 1:34-36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

The Lord ... was wroth. In consequence of this aggravated offence-unbelief followed by open rebellion-the Israelites were doomed, in the righteous judgment of God, to a life of wandering in that dreary wilderness, until the whole adult generation had disappeared by death. The only exceptions mentioned are Caleb, and Joshua, who was to be Moses' successor.

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Deuteronomy 1:34-36

34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath whollyh followed the LORD.