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Numbers 13:31-14:3
New King James Version
Numbers 13:31-14:3
New King James Version
31 (A)But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they (B)gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and (C)all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the [a]giants ((D)the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were (E)like[b] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were (F)in their sight.”
Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan
14 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people (G)wept that night. 2 (H)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 [c]fall by the sword, that our wives and (I)children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
Footnotes
- Numbers 13:33 Heb. nephilim
- Numbers 13:33 As mere insects
- Numbers 14:3 be killed in battle
Numbers 13:31-14:3
New International Version
Numbers 13:31-14:3
New International Version
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”(A) 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report(B) about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours(C) those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.(D) 33 We saw the Nephilim(E) there (the descendants of Anak(F) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(G) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
The People Rebel
14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.(H) 2 All the Israelites grumbled(I) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!(J) Or in this wilderness!(K) 3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(L) Our wives and children(M) will be taken as plunder.(N) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(O)”
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