Numbers 14:20-35
Lexham English Bible
20 Yahweh said, “I have forgiven them according to your word; 21 but as I am alive, the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth. 22 But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice, 23 they will not see the land that I swore by oath to their ancestors,[a] and all those who despised me will not see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that he entered,[b] and his offspring will take possession of it. 25 And the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; tomorrow turn and set out for the desert by way of the Red Sea.”[c]
26 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 “How long will I bear this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites[d] which they are making[e] against me. 28 Say to them, ‘Surely as I live,’ declares[f] Yahweh, ‘just as you spoke in my hearing,[g] so I will do to you; 29 in this desert your corpses will fall, and all your counted ones, according to all your number, from twenty years old[h] and above who grumbled against me. 30 You yourselves will not come into the land that I swore by oath[i] to make you to dwell in it, but Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 But your little children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them, and they will know the land that you rejected. 32 But for you, all your corpses will fall in this desert. 33 And your children will be shepherds in the desert forty years,[j] and you will bear your unfaithfulness until all your corpses have fallen[k] in the desert. 34 According to the number of the days[l] that you explored the land, forty days,[m] a day for each year,[n] you will bear your sins forty years,[o] and you will know my opposition.’ 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken; I will surely do this to all this evil community who has banded together against me. In this desert they will come to an end, and there they will die.”
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- Numbers 14:23 Or “fathers”
- Numbers 14:24 Or “he went to”
- Numbers 14:25 Literally “sea of reed”
- Numbers 14:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 14:27 Literally “they are grumbling”
- Numbers 14:28 Literally “declaration of”
- Numbers 14:28 Literally “in my ears”
- Numbers 14:29 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Numbers 14:30 Literally “I lifted up my hand”
- Numbers 14:33 Hebrew “year”
- Numbers 14:33 Literally “until to complete your corpses”
- Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
- Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
- Numbers 14:34 Literally “a day for a year a day for a year”
- Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “year”
Numbers 14:20-35
New King James Version
20 Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, (A)according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, (B)all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord— 22 (C)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 (D)these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not (E)see the land of which I [a]swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24 But My servant (F)Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and (G)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 (H)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 (I)“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? (J)I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, (K)‘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, (L)all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 (M)Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I [b]swore I would make you dwell in. 31 (N)But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall [c]know the land which (O)you have despised. 32 But as for you, (P)your[d] carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your sons shall (Q)be [e]shepherds in the wilderness (R)forty years, and (S)bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 (T)According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, (U)forty days, for each day you shall bear your [f]guilt one year, namely forty years, (V)and you shall know My [g]rejection. 35 (W)I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all (X)this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”
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- 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
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