10 The Lord became very angry with the people. He made this promise:
11 ‘None of the people who came from Egypt and are 20 years old or older will be allowed to see this land. I made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to these people, but they did not really follow me.
12 Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun really followed the Lord!’
13 “The Lord was very angry with the Israelites. So he made the people stay in the desert for 40 years. He made them stay there until all the people who had sinned against the Lord were dead.
14 And now you are doing the same thing that your fathers did. You sinful people, do you want the Lord to be even more angry with his people?
15 If you stop following the Lord, he will make Israel stay even longer in the desert. Then you will destroy all these people!”
16 But the people from the tribes of Reuben and Gad went to Moses. They said, “We will build cities for our children and barns for our animals here.