Deuteronomy 4:21

The Lord was angry with me … and swore , etc. Neither in Numbers 20:12 , nor in Numbers 27:12-14 , is there any mention of God's having sworn that Moses should not enter Canaan with the people; but it is absurd to suppose, as some have done, that the writer here has confounded this with what is recorded in Numbers 14:21 , Numbers 14:28 ,—that is inconceivable; and it certainly does not follow, because no mention is made in Numbers of God's having sworn, that he did not swear on this occasion; if he confirmed with an oath his decree that the generation that rebelled at Kadesh should not enter Canaan, the probability surely is that he would do the same when he announced to Moses the decree that he should not conduct Israel into the promised laud. "It is perfectly obvious, from Deuteronomy 3:23 , sqq ; that all the details are not given in the historical account of the event referred "(Keil).