Jehovah proposes to strike the people with pestilence, but Moses intercedes, and God declares that they will become wanderers in the wilderness for 40 years ​ — until those numbered have died.
Jehova grasās sist tautu ar mēri, bet Mozus lūdz to nedarīt, un Dievs pasludina, ka tauta klīdīs pa tuksnesi 40 gadus, kamēr visi saskaitītie būs miruši.