The Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea. He said,“ Go up and take over the land I have given you.” But you refused to do what the Lord your God had commanded you to do. You didn’t trust him or obey him.

耶和华打发你们离开加低斯巴尼亚，说：‘你们上去得我所赐给你们的地。’那时你们违背了耶和华你们神的命令，不信服他，不听从他的话。

耶和华叫你们离开加低斯‧巴尼亚，说：‘你们上去得我所赐给你们的地。’那时，你们违背了耶和华—你们上帝的指示，不信服他，不听从他的话。

耶和华叫你们离开加低斯‧巴尼亚，说：‘你们上去得我所赐给你们的地。’那时，你们违背了耶和华—你们神的指示，不信服他，不听从他的话。

你们的上帝耶和华吩咐你们离开加低斯·巴尼亚，去占领祂赐给你们的土地，你们却背叛祂，不信靠祂，也不听从祂。

耶和华打发你们离开加低斯．巴尼亚，说：‘你们上去得我赐给你们作产业的地。’那时你们竟违背耶和华你们的神的命令，不相信他，不听从他的话。

耶和華打發你們離開加低斯‧巴尼亞，說：『你們上去得我所賜給你們的地。』那時你們違背了耶和華－你們神的命令，不信服他，不聽從他的話。

耶和華叫你們離開加低斯‧巴尼亞，說：『你們上去得我所賜給你們的地。』那時，你們違背了耶和華－你們上帝的指示，不信服他，不聽從他的話。

耶和華叫你們離開加低斯‧巴尼亞，說：『你們上去得我所賜給你們的地。』那時，你們違背了耶和華－你們神的指示，不信服他，不聽從他的話。

你們的上帝耶和華吩咐你們離開加低斯·巴尼亞，去佔領祂賜給你們的土地，你們卻背叛祂，不信靠祂，也不聽從祂。

耶和華打發你們離開加低斯．巴尼亞，說：‘你們上去得我賜給你們作產業的地。’那時你們竟違背耶和華你們的神的命令，不相信他，不聽從他的話。

永恆主打發你們離開加低斯巴尼亞、說：「你們上去，取得我所賜給你們的地」；那時你們竟違背了永恆主你們的上帝所吩咐的，不信他，不聽他的聲音。

耶和華命爾離加低斯巴尼亞、曰、往得我所賜爾之地、是時爾乃逆爾上帝耶和華、不信其言、不聽其命、

亦在迦鐵巴尼亞、耶和華遣爾前往、以得所錫之地時、爾違逆爾之上帝耶和華、不信其言、不從其命、

主遣爾離迦叠巴尼亞、命爾曰、爾當前往得我所賜爾之地、斯時爾違逆主爾天主之命、而不之信、不聽其言、

And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said,“ Go up and take possession of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust him or obey him.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying,‘ Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.

And at Kadesh barnea the Lord sent you out with this command:‘ Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.

When the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, he said,‘ Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not believe or obey him.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh barnea, saying,‘ Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,’ you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; you neither trusted Him nor listened to His voice.

Likewise, when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying,‘ Go up and possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.

And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh- barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, He said,‘ Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey Him.

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you,“ Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the LORD your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying,“ Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him or listen to his voice.

Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn’t believe God’s promise.In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were. They didn’t obey him.

The good news was announced to our people of long ago. It has also been preached to us. The message they heard didn’t have any value for them. That’s because they didn’t share the faith of those who obeyed.

But they refused to obey him. They made his Holy Spirit sad. So he turned against them and became their enemy. He himself fought against them.

That was because they didn’t believe in God. They didn’t trust in his power to save them.

The Lord said to Moses,“ Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of Israel’s tribes.”So Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. He sent them as the Lord had commanded. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.Here are their names. There was Shammua from the tribe of Reuben. Shammua was the son of Zakkur.There was Shaphat from the tribe of Simeon. Shaphat was the son of Hori.There was Caleb from the tribe of Judah. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh.There was Igal from the tribe of Issachar. Igal was the son of Joseph.There was Hoshea from the tribe of Ephraim. Hoshea was the son of Nun.There was Palti from the tribe of Benjamin. Palti was the son of Raphu.There was Gaddiel from the tribe of Zebulun. Gaddiel was the son of Sodi.There was Gaddi from the tribe of Manasseh. Gaddi was the son of Susi. Manasseh was a tribe of Joseph.There was Ammiel from the tribe of Dan. Ammiel was the son of Gemalli.There was Sethur from the tribe of Asher. Sethur was the son of Michael.There was Nahbi from the tribe of Naphtali. Nahbi was the son of Vophsi.There was Geuel from the tribe of Gad. Geuel was the son of Maki.Those are the men Moses sent to check out the land. He gave the name Joshua to Hoshea, the son of Nun.Moses sent the 12 men to check out Canaan. He said,“ Go up through the Negev Desert. Go on into the central hill country.See what the land is like. See whether the people who live there are strong or weak. See whether they are few or many.What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Do the towns have high walls around them or not?How is the soil? Is it rich land or poor land? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.So the men went up and checked out the land. They went from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob. It was in the direction of Lebo Hamath.They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That’s where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.The men came to the Valley of Eshkol. There they cut off a branch that had a single bunch of grapes on it. Two of them carried it on a pole between them. They carried some pomegranates and figs along with it.That place was called the Valley of Eshkol. That’s because the men of Israel cut off a bunch of grapes there.At the end of 40 days, the men returned from checking out the land.The men came back to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel. The people were at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There the men reported to Moses and Aaron and all the people. They showed them the fruit of the land.They gave Moses their report. They said,“ We went into the land you sent us to. It really does have plenty of milk and honey! Here’s some fruit from the land.But the people who live there are powerful. Their cities have high walls around them and are very large. We even saw members of the family line of Anak there.The Amalekites live in the Negev Desert. The Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the central hill country. The Canaanites live near the Mediterranean Sea. They also live along the Jordan River.”Then Caleb interrupted the men speaking to Moses. He said,“ We should go up and take the land. We can certainly do it.”But the men who had gone up with him spoke. They said,“ We can’t attack those people. They are stronger than we are.”The men spread a bad report about the land among the Israelites. They said,“ The land we checked out destroys those who live in it. All the people we saw there are very big and tall.We saw the Nephilim there. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes. And that’s also how we seemed to them.” The family line of Anak came from the Nephilim.That night all the members of the community raised their voices. They wept out loud.The Israelites spoke against Moses and Aaron. The whole community said to them,“ We wish we had died in Egypt or even in this desert.Why is the Lord bringing us to this land? We’re going to be killed by swords. Our enemies will capture our wives and children. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”They said to one another,“ We should choose another leader. We should go back to Egypt.”

The Lord our God commanded us to start out from Mount Horeb. So we did. We went toward the hill country of the Amorites. We traveled all through the huge and terrible desert you saw. Finally, we reached Kadesh Barnea.Then I said to you,“ You have reached the hill country of the Amorites. The Lord our God is giving it to us.The Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take it. Do what the Lord says. He’s the God of your people. Don’t be afraid. Don’t lose hope.”Then all of you came to me. You said,“ Let’s send some men ahead of us. They can check out the land for us and bring back a report. They can suggest to us which way to go. They can tell us about the towns we’ll come to.”That seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of you. I picked one man from each tribe.They left and went up into the hill country. There they came to the Valley of Eshkol. They checked it out.They got some of the fruit of that land. Then they brought it down to us and gave us their report. They said,“ The Lord our God is giving us a good land.”But you wouldn’t go up. You refused to obey the command of the Lord your God.You spoke against him in your tents. You said,“ The Lord hates us. That’s why he brought us out of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites. He wanted to destroy us.Where can we go? The men who checked out the land have made us afraid. They say,‘ The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large. They have walls that reach up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”Then I said to you,“ Don’t be terrified. Don’t be afraid of them.The Lord your God will go ahead of you. He will fight for you. With your own eyes you saw how he fought for you in Egypt.You also saw how the Lord your God brought you through the desert. He carried you everywhere you went, just as a father carries his son. And now you have arrived here.”In spite of that, you didn’t trust in the Lord your God.He went ahead of you on your journey. He was in the fire at night and in the cloud during the day. He found places for you to camp. He showed you the way you should go.

But all the people talked about killing Joshua and Caleb by throwing stones at them. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting. All the Israelites saw it.The Lord said to Moses,“ How long will these people not respect me? How long will they refuse to believe in me? They refuse even though I have done many signs among them.So I will strike them down with a plague. I will destroy them. But I will make you into a greater and stronger nation than they are.”Moses said to the Lord,“ Then the Egyptians will hear about it. You used your power to bring these people up from among them.And the Egyptians will tell the people who live in Canaan about it. Lord, they have already heard a lot about you. They’ve heard that you are with these people. They’ve heard that you have been seen face to face. They’ve been told that your cloud stays over them. They’ve heard that you go in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day. They’ve been told that you go in front of them in a pillar of fire at night.Suppose you put all these people to death and leave none alive. Then the nations who have heard these things about you will talk. They’ll say,‘ The Lord promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.’“ Now, Lord, show your strength. You have said,‘ I am the Lord. I am slow to get angry. I am full of love. I forgive those who sin. I forgive those who refuse to obey. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sin of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.’Lord, your love is great. So forgive the sin of these people. Forgive them just as you have done from the time they left Egypt until now.”The Lord replied,“ I have forgiven them, just as you asked.You can be sure that I live. You can be just as sure that my glory fills the whole earth.And here is what you can be just as sure of. Not one of these people will see the land I promised to give them. They have seen my glory. They have seen the signs I did in Egypt. And they have seen what I did in the desert. But they did not obey me. And they have tested me ten times.So not even one of them will ever see the land I promised to give to their people of long ago. The person who has not respected me will never see it.But my servant Caleb has a different spirit. He follows me with his whole heart. So I will bring him into the land he went to. And his children after him will receive land there.The Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys. So turn back tomorrow. Start out toward the desert. Go along the way that leads to the Red Sea.”The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ How long will this evil community speak against me? I have heard these Israelites talk about how unhappy they are.So tell them,‘ Here is what I am announcing. I am the Lord. You can be sure that I live. And here is what you can be just as sure of. I will do to you the very thing that I heard you say.You will die in this desert. Every one of you 20 years old or more will die. Every one of you who was counted in the list of the people will die. Every one of you who has spoken out against me will be wiped out.I lifted up my hand and promised to make this land your home. But now not all of you will enter the land. Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter it. So will Joshua, the son of Nun. They are the only ones who will enter the land.You have said that your enemies would capture your children. But I will bring your children in to enjoy the land you have turned your backs on.As for you, you will die in the desert.Your children will be shepherds here for 40 years. They will suffer because you were not faithful. They will suffer until the last of your bodies lies here in the desert.For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. That is one year for each of the 40 days you checked out the land. You will know what it is like to have me against you.’I, the Lord, have spoken. I will surely do these things to this entire evil community of Israel. They have joined together against me. They will meet their end in this desert. They will die here.”So the Lord struck down the men Moses had sent to check out the land. They had returned and had spread a bad report about the land. And that had made the whole community speak out against Moses.Those men were to blame for spreading the bad report. So the Lord struck them down. They died of a plague.Only two of the men who went to check out the land remained alive. One of them was Joshua, the son of Nun. The other was Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.Moses reported to all the Israelites what the Lord had said. And they became very sad.Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country.“ We have sinned,” they said.“ Now we are ready to go up to the land the Lord promised to give us.”But Moses said,“ Why aren’t you obeying the Lord’ s command? You won’t succeed.

God promised that those people would never enjoy the rest he planned for them. God gave his word when he made that promise. Didn’t he make that promise to those who didn’t obey?So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.