Numbers 14:23

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they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.

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  • Num 32:11 : 11 ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
  • Ezek 20:15 : 15 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
  • Num 26:64 : 64 But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the desert of Sinai.
  • Heb 3:17-18 : 17 And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?
  • Heb 4:3 : 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.
  • Deut 1:35-45 : 35 “Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors! 36 The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.” 37 As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there. 38 However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land. 39 Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it. 40 But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.” 41 Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country. 42 But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’” 43 I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the LORD and recklessly went up to the hill country. 44 The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah. 45 Then you came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.
  • Neh 9:23 : 23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.
  • Ps 95:11 : 11 So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
  • Ps 106:26 : 26 So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 32:8-11
    4 verses
    86%

    8Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

    9When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.

    10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

    11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

  • Deut 1:34-37
    4 verses
    85%

    34Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

    35“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

    36The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”

    37As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.

  • Num 14:29-37
    9 verses
    83%

    29Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness– all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.

    30You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

    31But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

    32But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness,

    33and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness.

    34According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days– one day for a year– you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

    35I, the LORD, have said,“I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’”

    36The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

    37those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

  • Num 14:22
    82%

    22For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

  • Deut 32:51-52
    2 verses
    77%

    51for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.

    52You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”

  • Heb 3:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9“There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.

    10“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said,‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

    11“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’”

  • Ezek 20:15
    76%

    15I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

  • Num 14:16
    76%

    16‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.’

  • Ps 106:24
    76%

    24They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

  • Josh 5:6
    76%

    6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

  • Ps 95:11
    75%

    11So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

  • Num 26:65
    75%

    65For the LORD had said of them,“They will surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  • Deut 4:21
    74%

    21But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

  • Heb 3:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

    18And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

  • Num 14:11
    74%

    11The Punishment from God The LORD said to Moses,“How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

  • Deut 9:23
    74%

    23And 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.

  • Num 20:12
    73%

    12The Lord’s Judgment Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,“Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”

  • Num 14:24
    73%

    24Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

  • Deut 9:28
    72%

    28Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say,“The LORD was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”

  • Deut 34:4
    72%

    4Then the LORD said to him,“This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said,‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there.”

  • Deut 31:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors– one flowing with milk and honey– and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

    21Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.”

  • Num 16:14
    72%

    14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”

  • Deut 1:26
    72%

    26Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the LORD your God.

  • Jer 42:13
    72%

    13“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’

  • Deut 3:26
    72%

    26But the LORD was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me,“Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

  • Exod 33:3
    72%

    3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

  • Josh 14:9
    72%

    9That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’

  • Num 20:24
    71%

    24“Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

  • Neh 9:16
    71%

    16“But they– our ancestors– behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

  • Jer 2:6
    71%

    6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’