God Promises Judgment

Numbers 14

20 Then the LORD said: "I have pardoned, a according to your word; 21 "but truly, as I live, b all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD - 22 c "because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now d these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 "they certainly shall not e see the land of which I 1 swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24 "But My servant f Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and g has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. 25 "Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and h move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea."

26 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 i "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? j I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 "Say to them, k 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 'The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, l all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 m 'Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I 2 swore I would make you dwell in. 31 n 'But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall 3 know the land which o you have despised. 32 'But as for you, p your 4 carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 'And your sons shall q be 5 shepherds in the wilderness r forty years, and s bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 t 'According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, u forty days, for each day you shall bear your 6 guilt one year, namely forty years, v and you shall know My 7 rejection. 35 w 'I the LORD have spoken this. I will surely do so to all x this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' "

36 Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, 37 those very men who brought the evil report about the land, y died by the plague before the LORD. 38 z But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:13
    So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
    Micah 7:18 - 20
    Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
    1 John 5:14 - 16
    Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 72:19
    And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
    Isaiah 6:3
    And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!
    Isaiah 66:18
    For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
    Isaiah 66:19
    I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
    Habakkuk 2:14
    For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:35
    Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers.
    1 Corinthians 10:5
    But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
    Hebrews 3:17
    Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 31:7
    Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 26:65
    For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
    Numbers 32:11
    Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me.
    Hebrews 3:18
    And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 14:6
    Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
    Joshua 14:8
    Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
    Joshua 14:9
    "So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.'
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 32:12
    'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 21:4
    Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.
    Deuteronomy 1:40
    'But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.'
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 16:28
    And the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 16:12
    "I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:35
    Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers.
    Deuteronomy 2:14
    And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.
    Deuteronomy 2:15
    For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
    Hebrews 3:16 - 19
    For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 1:45
    So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel -
    Numbers 1:46
    All who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
    Numbers 26:64
    But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.
    Joshua 5:6
    For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD - to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, "a land flowing with milk and honey.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 26:65
    For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
    Numbers 32:12
    'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
    Deuteronomy 1:36 - 38
    'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because he wholly followed the LORD.'
    Joshua 14:6 - 15
    Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 14:3
    "Why has the LORD brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"
    Deuteronomy 1:39
    Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 106:24
    Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 26:64
    But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.
    Numbers 26:65
    For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
    Numbers 32:13
    So the LORD's anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.
    1 Corinthians 10:5
    But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 32:13
    So the LORD's anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.
    Psalms 107:40
    He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:14
    And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 23:35
    "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.'"
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 13:25
    And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 95:10
    For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.
    Ezekiel 4:6
    And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.
  22. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:56
    Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.
    Hebrews 4:1
    Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
  23. Cross References
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
  24. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:5
    But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 16:49
    Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident.
    1 Corinthians 10:10
    Nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
    Hebrews 3:17
    Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
    Hebrews 3:18
    And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 14:6
    Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
    Joshua 14:10
    And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.
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