Deuteronomio 1:39

39 Y vuestros chiquitos, de los cuales dijisteis: Serán por presa; y vuestros hijos que no saben hoy lo bueno ni lo malo, ellos entrarán allá, y a ellos la daré, y ellos la heredarán

Deuteronomio 1:39 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:39

Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey,
&c.] To the Amorites, into whose hands they expected to be delivered, ( Deuteronomy 1:27 ) see ( Numbers 14:3 )

and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and
evil;
not being at years of understanding, and which is a common description of children; it is particularly expressed "in that day", for now they were the very persons Moses was directing his speech unto, and relating this history, it being thirty eight years ago when this affair was, so that now they were grown up to years of discretion:

they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall
possess it:
the relation of which now might serve greatly to encourage their faith, as well as it would be a fulfilment of the promise of the land made unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which was not made of none effect through the unbelief of the Israelites, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness, since their posterity was to enjoy it, and did.

Deuteronomio 1:39 In-Context

37 Y también contra mí se airó el SEÑOR por vosotros, diciendo: Tampoco tú entrarás allá

38 Josué hijo de Nun, que está delante de ti, él entrará allá; anímale; porque él la hará heredar a Israel

39 Y vuestros chiquitos, de los cuales dijisteis: Serán por presa; y vuestros hijos que no saben hoy lo bueno ni lo malo, ellos entrarán allá, y a ellos la daré, y ellos la heredarán

40 Y vosotros volveos, y partíos al desierto camino del mar Bermejo

41 Entonces respondisteis y me dijisteis: Hemos pecado contra el SEÑOR; nosotros subiremos y pelearemos, conforme a todo lo que el SEÑOR nuestro Dios nos ha mandado. Y os armasteis cada uno de sus armas de guerra, y os preparasteis para subir al monte