Numbers 26:63-65

Numbers 26:63-65

[63] These are they that were numbered  by Moses  and Eleazar  the priest,  who numbered  the children  of Israel  in the plains  of Moab  by Jordan  near Jericho.  [64] But among these there was not a man  of them whom Moses  and Aaron  the priest  numbered,  the children  of Israel  in the wilderness  of Sinai.  [65] For the LORD  had said  of them, They shall surely  in the wilderness.  And there was not left  a man  of them, save Caleb  the son  of Jephunneh,  and Joshua  the son  of Nun. 

What does Numbers 26:63-65 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The chapter closes with a testimony to the faithfulness of God. All but Caleb and Joshua had died in the wilderness, as He had promised. God had preserved the nation and would bring her into the land as He had guaranteed the patriarchs. Nevertheless He had judged the unbelieving generation.
This chapter looks backward over the past38 years and forward to entrance into Canaan.