⁸ So I have come down^(A) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,^(B) a land flowing with milk and honey^(C)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites^(D) and Jebusites.^(E)

⁷ and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.^(A)

²⁵ Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported,^(A) “It is a good land^(B) that the Lord our God is giving us.”^(C)

³⁵ “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land^(A) I swore to give your ancestors,

²⁵ Let me go over and see the good land^(A) beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.^(B)”

²¹ The Lord was angry with me^(A) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. ²² I will die in this land;^(B) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.^(C)

¹⁸ Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight,^(A) so that it may go well^(B) with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors,

¹⁰ When you have eaten and are satisfied,^(A) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

⁶ Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.^(A)

¹⁷ Then the Lord’s anger^(A) will burn against you, and he will shut up^(B) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,^(C) and you will soon perish^(D) from the good land the Lord is giving you.