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Moses said to his people, ‘My people, remember God’s blessing on you: how He raised prophets among you and appointed kings for you and gave you what he had not given to any other people.

My people, go into the holy land which God has ordained for you––do not turn back or you will be the losers.’

They said, ‘Moses, there is a fearsome people in this land. We will not go there until they leave. If they leave, then we will enter.’

Yet two men whom God had blessed among those who were afraid said, ‘Go in to them through the gate and when you go in you will overcome them. If you are true believers, put your trust in God.’

They said, ‘Moses, we will never enter while they are still there, so you and your Lord go in and fight, and we will stay here.’

He said, ‘Lord, I have authority over no one except myself and my brother: judge between the two of us and these disobedient people.’

God said, ‘The land is forbidden to them for forty years: they will wander the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over those who disobey.’