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exceptCaleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has setfoot, because* he has followed the LORDfully.'
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'Moreover, your littleoneswho you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this dayhavenoknowledge of good or evil, shall enterthere, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.
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"Then you said to me, 'We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up and fight, just* as the LORD our Godcommanded us.' And everyman of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hillcountry.
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"So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelledagainst the command of the LORD, and actedpresumptuously and went up into the hillcountry.