³⁵ The Israelites ate manna^(A) forty years,^(B) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.^(C)

³⁴ For forty years^(A)—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land^(B)—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’

³⁶ He led them out of Egypt^(A) and performed wonders and signs^(B) in Egypt, at the Red Sea^(C) and for forty years in the wilderness.^(D)

¹⁷ And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^(A)