Numbers 14
World English Bible
14 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?” 4 They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes. 7 They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. 8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”
10 But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones.
Yahweh’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel. 11 Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them? 12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13 Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them. 14 They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are among this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, 16 ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’ 17 Now please let the power of the Lord[a] be great, according as you have spoken, saying, 18 ‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’ 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20 Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word; 21 but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory— 22 because all those men who have seen my glory and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it. 25 Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.” 26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 27 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me. 28 Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you. 29 Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me, 30 surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’ 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
36 The men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land, 37 even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. 40 They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised; for we have sinned.”
41 Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper? 42 Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following Yahweh; therefore Yahweh will not be with you.”
44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down even to Hormah.
Footnotes
- 14:17 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Mga Bilang 14
Ang Biblia (1978)
Tumutol ang buong kapisanan.
14 At ang buong kapisanan ay naglakas ng kanilang tinig, (A)at humiyaw; at ang bayan ay umiyak ng gabing yaon.
2 (B)At inupasala ng lahat ng mga anak ni Israel si Moises at si Aaron: at sinabi sa kanila ng buong kapisanan, Nangamatay na sana tayo sa lupain ng Egipto! o kaya'y nangamatay na sana tayo sa ilang na ito!
3 At bakit kaya tayo dinala ng Panginoon sa lupaing ito, upang tayo'y mabuwal sa tabak? Ang ating mga asawa at ang ating mga anak ay magiging mga huli: hindi ba magaling sa atin na tayo'y magbalik sa Egipto?
4 At nagsang-usapan sila, (C)Tayo'y maglagay ng isang kapitan at tayo'y (D)magbalik sa Egipto.
5 Nang magkagayon, si (E)Moises at si Aaron ay nagpatirapa sa harap ng buong kapulungan na kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel.
6 At hinapak ni Josue na anak ni Nun, at ni Caleb na anak ni Jephone, na mga kasamang tumiktik sa lupain, ang kanilang mga suot:
7 At sinalita nila sa buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, na sinasabi, (F)Ang lupain na aming dinaanan upang tiktikan ay isang napakainam na lupain.
8 Kung (G)kalulugdan tayo ng Panginoon ay dadalhin nga niya tayo sa lupaing yaon, at ibibigay niya sa atin; na yao'y (H)lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.
9 Huwag lamang kayong manghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, (I)ni matakot sa bayan ng lupaing yaon, (J)sapagka't sila'y tinapay sa atin; ang kaniyang kalinga ay inilayo sa kanila, at ang Panginoon ay (K)sumasaatin: huwag kayong matakot sa kanila.
10 (L)Datapuwa't tinangka ng buong kapisanan na pagbatuhanan sila. (M)At ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ay lumitaw sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel.
Ang babala ng Panginoon at ang pamamagitan ni Moises.
11 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, (N)Hanggang kailan hahamakin ako ng bayang ito? at (O)hanggang kailan hindi sila mananampalataya sa akin, sa lahat ng mga tanda na aking ginawa sa kanila?
12 Aking sasaktan sila ng salot, at hindi ko sila pamamanahan at (P)gagawin kita na isang bansang malaki at matibay kay sa kanila.
13 (Q)At sinabi ni Moises sa Panginoon, Kung gayo'y mababalitaan ng mga taga Egipto; sapagka't isinampa mo ang bayang ito ng iyong kapangyarihan sa gitna nila;
14 At kanilang sasaysayin sa mga tumatahan sa lupaing ito. (R)Kanilang nabalitaan na ikaw Panginoon, ay nasa gitna ng bayang ito; sapagka't ikaw Panginoon, ay napakita ng mukhaan, (S)at ang iyong ulap ay nakatindig sa ibabaw ng mga yaon, at ikaw ay nangunguna sa kanila, sa isang haliging ulap sa araw, at sa isang haliging apoy sa gabi.
15 Kung iyong papatayin nga ang bayang ito na parang isang tao, ay magsasalita nga ang mga bansang nakabalita ng iyong kabantugan na sasabihin,
16 (T)Sapagka't hindi madadala ng Panginoon ang bayang ito sa lupain, na kaniyang isinumpa sa kanila, kaya't kaniyang pinatay sila sa ilang.
17 At ngayon, idinadalangin ko sa iyo, na itulot mo na ang kapangyarihan ng Panginoon ay maging dakila, ayon sa iyong sinalita, na sinasabi,
18 Ang Panginoon ay (U)banayad sa pagkagalit at sagana sa kaawaan, na nagpapatawad ng kasamaan at ng pagsalangsang; at sa anomang paraan ay hindi aariing walang muang ang may sala, na (V)dinadalaw ang kasamaan ng mga ama sa mga anak sa ikatlo at sa ikaapat na salin ng lahi.
19 (W)Ipatawad mo, isinasamo ko sa iyo, ang kasamaan ng bayang ito (X)ayon sa kalakhan ng iyong kaawaan, at (Y)ayon sa iyong pagkapatawad sa bayang ito, mula sa Egipto hanggang ngayon.
20 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Aking pinatawad (Z)ayon sa iyong salita:
21 Nguni't tunay, na kung paanong ako'y buháy at kung paanong mapupuspos ng (AA)kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ang buong lupa:
22 (AB)Sapagka't ang lahat ng taong yaon na nakakita ng aking kaluwalhatian at ng aking mga tanda, na aking ginawa sa Egipto at sa ilang ay tinukso pa rin ako nitong (AC)makasangpu, at hindi dininig ang aking tinig;
23 (AD)Tunay na hindi nila makikita ang lupain na aking isinumpa sa kanilang mga magulang, ni sinoman sa kanila na humamak sa akin ay hindi makakakita:
24 Kundi ang (AE)aking lingkod na si Caleb, sapagka't siya'y nagtaglay ng ibang diwa (AF)at siya'y sumunod na lubos sa akin, ay aking dadalhin siya sa lupain na kaniyang pinaroonan; at aariin ng kaniyang lahi.
25 Ngayon nga'y ang mga (AG)Amalecita at ang mga Cananeo ay tumatahan sa libis: bukas ay magbalik kayo at (AH)kayo'y pasa ilang sa daang patungo sa Dagat na Mapula.
Apat na pung taon na magiging gala.
26 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, na sinasabi,
27 (AI)Hanggang kailan titiisin ko ang masamang kapisanang ito, na naguupasala laban sa akin? Aking narinig ang mga pag-upasala ng mga anak ni Israel na kanilang inuupasala laban sa akin.
28 Sabihin mo sa kanila, (AJ)Ako'y buháy, sabi ng Panginoon, tunay na (AK)kung paano ang sinalita ninyo sa aking pakinig ay gayon ang gagawin ko sa inyo:
29 Ang inyong mga bangkay ay mangabubuwal sa ilang na ito; at yaong (AL)lahat na nangabilang sa inyo ayon sa inyong kabuoan ng bilang, mula sa dalawang pung taong gulang na patanda na nag-upasala laban sa akin,
30 Ay tunay na hindi kayo papasok sa lupaing (AM)pinagtaasan ko ng aking kamay, na patatahanan ko sana sa inyo, (AN)maliban si Caleb na anak ni Jephone, at si Josue na anak ni Nun.
31 (AO)Nguni't ang inyong mga bata, na inyong sinabing magiging mga huli ay aking papapasukin, at kanilang makikilala ang lupain na (AP)inyong itinakuwil.
32 (AQ)Nguni't tungkol sa inyo, ang inyong mga bangkay ay mangabubuwal sa ilang na ito.
33 At ang inyong mga anak ay magiging gala sa ilang na (AR)apat na pung taon, at kanilang (AS)tataglayin ang inyong pakikiapid, hanggang sa ang inyong mga bangkay ay matunaw sa ilang.
34 (AT)Ayon sa bilang ng mga araw na inyong itiniktik sa lupain, sa makatuwid baga'y apat na pung araw, (AU)sa bawa't araw ay isang taon, ay inyong (AV)tataglayin ang inyong mga kasamaan, na apat na pung taon, at inyong makikilala ang pagsira ko ng kapangakuan.
35 Akong Panginoon ang nagsalita, tunay na ito'y aking gagawin sa buong masamang kapisanang (AW)ito, na nagpipisan laban sa akin: sa ilang na ito matutunaw sila, at diyan sila mamamatay.
36 (AX)At ang mga lalake, na sinugo ni Moises upang tumiktik ng lupain, na nagsipagbalik, at nagpaupasala ng buong kapisanan laban sa kaniya sa paghahatid ng masamang balita laban sa lupain,
37 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga taong yaon na nagsipaghatid ng masamang balita ng lupain, ay (AY)nangamatay sa salot sa harap ng Panginoon.
38 (AZ)Nguni't si Josue na anak ni Nun, at si Caleb na anak ni Jephone, ay naiwang buháy sa mga taong yaon na nagsiparoong tumiktik ng lupain.
Hinabol hanggang sa Horma.
39 At sinaysay ni Moises ang mga salitang ito sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel: at (BA)ang bayan ay tumaghoy na mainam.
40 At sila'y bumangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, at umakyat sila sa taluktok ng bundok, na sinasabi, Narito (BB)kami, at kami ay aakyat sa dakong ipinangako ng Panginoon: sapagka't kami ay nagkasala.
41 At sinabi ni Moises, Bakit sinasalangsang ninyo ngayon ang (BC)utos ng Panginoon, sa bagay ay hindi ninyo ikasusulong?
42 (BD)Huwag kayong umakyat, sapagka't ang Panginoon ay wala sa gitna ninyo; upang huwag kayong masaktan sa harap ng inyong mga kaaway.
43 Sapagka't nandoon ang mga (BE)Amalecita at ang mga Cananeo sa harap ninyo, at kayo'y mangabubuwal sa tabak: sapagka't kayo'y humiwalay sa pagsunod sa Panginoon, kaya't ang Panginoon ay wala sa inyo.
44 (BF)Nguni't sila'y nagpumilit umakyat sa taluktok ng bundok: gayon ma'y ang (BG)kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon, at si Moises ay hindi nagsilabas sa kampamento.
45 Nang (BH)magkagayon ang mga Amalecita ay bumaba at ang mga Cananeo na tumatahan sa bundok na yaon, ay sinaktan sila at nilupig silang hinabol, hanggang sa (BI)Horma.
Numbers 14
King James Version
14 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Numbers 14
New King James Version
Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan
14 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people (A)wept that night. 2 (B)And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to [a]fall by the sword, that our wives and (C)children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another, (D)“Let us select a leader and (E)return to Egypt.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron [b]fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: (F)“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the Lord (G)delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, (H)‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ 9 Only (I)do not rebel against the Lord, (J)nor fear the people of the land, for (K)they[c] are our bread; their protection has departed from them, (L)and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
10 (M)And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now (N)the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.
Moses Intercedes for the People
11 Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will these people (O)reject[d] Me? And how long will they not (P)believe Me, with all the [e]signs which I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will (Q)make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13 And (R)Moses said to the Lord: (S)“Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them, 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have (T)heard that You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying, 16 ‘Because the Lord was not (U)able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’ 17 And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying, 18 (V)‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, (W)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’ 19 (X)Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, (Y)according to the greatness of Your mercy, just (Z)as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20 Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, (AA)according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, (AB)all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord— 22 (AC)because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now (AD)these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not (AE)see the land of which I [f]swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24 But My servant (AF)Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and (AG)has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and (AH)move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”
Death Sentence on the Rebels
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 (AI)“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? (AJ)I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, (AK)‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, (AL)all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 (AM)Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I [g]swore I would make you dwell in. 31 (AN)But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall [h]know the land which (AO)you have despised. 32 But as for you, (AP)your[i] carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your sons shall (AQ)be [j]shepherds in the wilderness (AR)forty years, and (AS)bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 (AT)According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, (AU)forty days, for each day you shall bear your [k]guilt one year, namely forty years, (AV)and you shall know My [l]rejection. 35 (AW)I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all (AX)this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”
36 Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, 37 those very men who brought the evil report about the land, (AY)died by the plague before the Lord. 38 (AZ)But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.
A Futile Invasion Attempt(BA)
39 Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, (BB)and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, (BC)“Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!”
41 And Moses said, “Now why do you [m]transgress the command of the Lord? For this will not succeed. 42 (BD)Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; (BE)because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”
44 (BF)But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as (BG)Hormah.
Footnotes
- Numbers 14:3 be killed in battle
- Numbers 14:5 prostrated themselves
- Numbers 14:9 They shall be as food for our consumption.
- Numbers 14:11 despise
- Numbers 14:11 miraculous signs
- Numbers 14:23 solemnly promised
- Numbers 14:30 solemnly promised
- Numbers 14:31 be acquainted with
- Numbers 14:32 You shall die.
- Numbers 14:33 Vg. wanderers
- Numbers 14:34 iniquity
- Numbers 14:34 opposition
- Numbers 14:41 overstep
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
