And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
And your children will wander in the wilderness for forty years, suffering the consequences of your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie wasted in the wilderness.
God is telling the Israelites that their children will pay the price for their parents' rebellion by wandering in the desert for forty years until that generation dies.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes after the Israelites refused to enter the Promised Land because they feared the inhabitants, despite God's promises to give them victory. As punishment for their lack of faith and rebellion, God declared that the entire adult generation (except Joshua and Caleb) would die in the wilderness over the next forty years. Their children would inherit what their parents had rejected through fear and disobedience.
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