²⁵ At the end of forty days^(A) they returned from exploring the land.^(B)

¹³ The Lord’s anger burned against Israel^(A) and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.^(B)

¹⁴ Thirty-eight years^(A) passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea^(B) until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation^(C) of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.^(D)

⁶ “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin^(A) of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.^(B)