20:15 I also swore 1 to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them – a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
Ezekiel 20:23
20:23 I also swore 2 to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. 3
1 tnHeb “I lifted up my hand.”
2 tnHeb “I lifted up my hand.”
3 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.