Deuteronomy 1:34-36

Judgment at Kadesh Barnea

1:34 When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow: ¹  1:35 “Not a single person ²  of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors! 1:36 The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; ³  he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.” ⁴ 

[1:34]  ¹ tn Heb “and swore,” i.e., made an oath or vow.

[1:35]  ² tn Heb “Not a man among these men.”

[1:36]  ³ sn Caleb had, with Joshua, brought back to Israel a minority report from Canaan urging a conquest of the land, for he was confident of the Lord’s power (Num 13:6, 8, 16, 30; 14:30, 38).

[1:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun (“me”) has been employed in the translation, since it sounds strange to an English reader for the Lord to speak about himself in third person.