Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Also, your little children—the ones you said would be captured by enemies—and your young ones who don't yet know right from wrong, they will enter the land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.
God is telling the Israelites that their children, whom they feared would become victims, will actually be the ones to inherit the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Moses' speech to the Israelites at the end of their 40-year wilderness wandering. The adult generation had refused to trust God and enter the Promised Land when they first arrived, fearing the strong inhabitants. As punishment, God declared that generation would die in the wilderness, but their children would inherit what their parents had rejected through fear.
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