Deuteronomy 1:34

Israel’s Penalty

34 When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, ¹

Deuteronomy 1:34 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:34

And the Lord heard the voice of your words
Of their murmurings against Moses and Aaron, and of their threatenings to them, Joshua and Caleb, and of their impious charge of hatred of them to God for bringing them out of Egypt, and of their rash wishes that they had died there or in the wilderness, and of their wicked scheme and proposal to make them a captain, and return to Egypt again:

and was wroth, and sware;
by his life, himself; see ( Numbers 14:28 ) ,

saying;
as follows.

Deuteronomy 1:34 In-Context

32 But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

33 who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

34 When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

35 “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

Cross References

• 1. (Numbers 14:20–35)