38 Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it.(A) 39 Your little children, whom you said would be plunder, your sons who[a] don’t know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it. 40 But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.’(B)

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:39 Lit who today

38 But your assistant, Joshua(A) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(B) him, because he will lead(C) Israel to inherit(D) it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(E) your children who do not yet know(F) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](G)

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:40 Or the Sea of Reeds