Numbers 32:11

11 Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;

Numbers 32:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:11

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upwards
See ( Numbers 14:28 Numbers 14:29 ) .

shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob;
the land of Canaan, which at various times he sware to give to them, and to their posterity:

because they have not wholly followed me;
the laws which he prescribed them, the directions he gave them, and particularly the orders they had to go up and possess the land at once, ( Deuteronomy 1:21 ) .

Numbers 32:11 In-Context

9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.
10 And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,
11 Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
12 But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
13 Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
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