Numbers 32:13

And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

Cross-references

Numbers 14:33-35 is the original pronouncement of the 40-year wandering judgment summarized here.

Numbers 26:64 Historical context

Numbers 26:64 confirms that none of that rebellious generation remained, just as this verse declares.

Deuteronomy 2:14 Historical context

Deuteronomy 2:14 records the 38-year fulfillment of the same judgment, with the entire generation perishing.

Deuteronomy 2:15 Historical context

Deuteronomy 2:15 describes God's hand actively destroying the camp until the generation perished, matching this judgment.

Psalm 78:33 Allusion

Psalm 78:33 poetically echoes the same divine judgment—vain years and terror in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:5 uses the same wilderness overthrow as a warning, showing God's displeasure with most of them.

Hebrews 3:16-19 reflects on the wilderness generation's unbelief and death, directly paralleling this judgment.

Psalm 95:10 Allusion

Psalm 95:10 directly recalls the forty-year wilderness period, where God loathed that generation for their going astray.

Ezekiel 20:18 Historical context

Ezekiel 20:18 records God's warning to the children in the wilderness, contrasting with the evil generation that died.

Ephesians 5:6 warns that God's wrath comes on the disobedient, a general principle exemplified in the wilderness.