Deuteronomy 1:35

35 None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see ^[a] that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

Deuteronomy 1:35 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:35

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil
generation see the good land
The land of Canaan; not only not one of the spies that brought the ill report of that land, but of that body of people that gave credit to it, and murmured upon it:

which I sware to give unto your fathers;
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see ( Deuteronomy 1:8 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:35 In-Context

33 who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

34 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,

35 None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers!

36 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

37 Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Footnotes

• [a]. See Num. 14.23, and Note.