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Numbers 14:31-33
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Numbers 14:31-33
New English Translation
31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war,[a] and they will enjoy[b] the land that you have despised. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, 33 and your children will wander[c] in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness,[d] until your dead bodies lie finished[e] in the wilderness.
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- Numbers 14:31 tn Or “plunder.”
- Numbers 14:31 tn Heb “know.”
- Numbers 14:33 tn The word is “shepherds.” It means that the people would be wilderness nomads, grazing their flock on available land.
- Numbers 14:33 tn Heb “you shall bear your whoredoms.” The imagery of prostitution is used throughout the Bible to reflect spiritual unfaithfulness, leaving the covenant relationship and following after false gods. Here it is used generally for their rebellion in the wilderness, but not for following other gods.
- Numbers 14:33 tn The infinitive is from תָּמַם (tamam), which means “to be complete.” The word is often used to express completeness in a good sense—whole, blameless, or the like. Here and in v. 35 it seems to mean “until your deaths have been completed.” See also Gen 47:15; Deut 2:15.
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