Deuteronomy 1:37

37 (The LORD was even angry with me because of what you did. "You won't enter the land either," God said.

Deuteronomy 1:37 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:37

Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes
Not at the same time, though, as some think, at the same place, near thirty eight years afterwards, they provoking him to speak unadvisedly with his lips; see ( Numbers 20:10-12 ) ( Psalms 106:32 Psalms 106:33 ) ,

saying, thou shalt not go in thither:
into the land of Canaan; and though he greatly importuned it, he could not prevail; see ( Deuteronomy 3:25-27 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:37 In-Context

35 Not even one of these people—this wicked generation!—will see the wonderful land that I promised to give to your ancestors.

36 The only exception is Caleb, Jephunneh's son. He will see it. I will give the land he walked on to him and his children for this reason: he was completely devoted to the LORD.

37 (The LORD was even angry with me because of what you did. "You won't enter the land either," God said.

38 "But Nun's son Joshua, your assistant, will enter it. Strengthen him because he's the one who will help Israel inherit the land.")

39 Now as for your toddlers, those you said would be taken in war, and your young children who don't yet know right and wrong—they will enter the land. I will give it to them. They will possess it!