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[1] 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§ 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

  1. § 14:17 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
King James Version

Murmurings

[1] And all the congregation H5712 lifted up H5375 (QalImpf) their voice, H6963 and cried; H5414 (QalImpf) and the people H5971 wept H1058 (QalImpf) that night. H3915 [2] And all the children H1121 of Israel H3478 murmured H3885 (NiphImpf) against Moses H4872 and against Aaron: H175 and the whole congregation H5712 said H559 (QalImpf) unto them, Would God H3863 that we had died H4191 (QalPerf) in the land H776 of Egypt! H4714 or would God H3863 we had died H4191 (QalPerf) in this wilderness! H4057 [3] And wherefore hath the Lord H3068 brought H935 (HiphPtc) us unto this land, H776 to fall H5307 (QalInf) by the sword, H2719 that our wives H802 and our children H2945 should be a prey? H957 were it not better H2896 for us to return H7725 (QalInf) into Egypt? H4714 [4] And they said H559 (QalImpf) one H376 to another, H251 Let us make H5414 (QalImpf) a captain, H7218 and let us return H7725 (QalImpf) into Egypt. H4714 [5] Then Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 fell H5307 (QalImpf) on their faces H6440 before H6440 all the assembly H6951 of the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [6] And Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh, H3312 which were of them that searched H8446 (QalActPtc) the land, H776 rent H7167 (QalPerf) their clothes: H899 [7] and they spake H559 (QalImpf) unto all the company H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 (QalInf) The land, H776 which we passed H5674 (QalPerf) through to search H8446 (QalInf) it, is an exceeding H3966 good H2896 land. H776 [8] If the Lord H3068 delight H2654 (QalPerf) in us, then he will bring H935 (HiphPerf) us into this land, H776 and give H5414 (QalPerf) it us; a land H776 which floweth H2100 (QalActPtc) with milk H2461 and honey. H1706 [9] Only rebel H4775 (QalImpf) not ye against the Lord, H3068 neither fear H3372 (QalImpf) ye the people H5971 of the land; H776 for they are bread H3899 for us: their defence H6738§ is departed H5493 (QalPerf) from them, and the Lord H3068 is with us: fear H3372 (QalImpf) them not. [10] But all the congregation H5712 bade H559 (QalImpf) stone H7275 (QalInf) them with stones. H68 And the glory H3519 of the Lord H3068 appeared H7200 (NiphPerf) in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 before all the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [11] And the Lord H3068 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Moses, H4872 How long will this people H5971 provoke H5006 (PielImpf) me? and how long will it be ere H3808 they believe H539 (HiphImpf) me, for all the signs H226 which I have shewed H6213 (QalPerf) among H7130 them? [12] I will smite H5221 (HiphImpf) them with the pestilence, H1698 and disinherit H3423 (HiphImpf) them, and will make H6213 (QalImpf) of thee a greater H1419 nation H1471 and mightier H6099 than they.

Moses’ Intercession

[13] And Moses H4872 said H559 (QalImpf) unto the Lord, H3068 Then the Egyptians H4714 shall hear H8085 (QalPerf) it, (for thou broughtest up H5927 (HiphPerf) this people H5971 in thy might H3581 from among H7130 them;) [14] and they will tell H559 (QalPerf) it to the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of this land: H776 for they have heard H8085 (QalPerf) that thou Lord H3068 art among H7130 this people, H5971 that thou Lord H3068 art seen H7200 (NiphPerf) face H5869 to face, H5869 and that thy cloud H6051 standeth H5975 (QalActPtc) over them, and that thou goest H1980 (QalActPtc) before H6440 them, by day time H3119 in a pillar H5982 of a cloud, H6051 and in a pillar H5982 of fire H784 by night. H3915 [15] Now if thou shalt kill H4191 (HiphPerf) all this people H5971 as one H259 man, H376 then the nations H1471 which have heard H8085 (QalPerf) the fame H8088 of thee will speak, H559 (QalPerf) saying, H559 (QalInf) [16] Because the Lord H3068 was not H1115 able H3201 (QalInf) to bring H935 (HiphInf) this people H5971 into the land H776 which he sware H7650 (NiphPerf) unto them, therefore he hath slain H7819 (QalImpf) them in the wilderness. H4057 [17] And now, I beseech thee, let the power H3581 of my Lord H136 be great, H1431 (QalImpf) according H834 as thou hast spoken, H1696 (PielPerf) saying, H559 (QalInf) [18] The Lord H3068 is longsuffering, H750 and of great H7227 mercy, H2617 forgiving H5375 (QalActPtc) iniquity H5771 and transgression, H6588 and by no means H5352 (PielInf) clearing H5352 (PielImpf) the guilty, visiting H6485 (QalActPtc) the iniquity H5771 of the fathers H1 upon the children H1121 unto the third H8029 and fourth H7256 generation. [19] Pardon, H5545 (QalImpv) I beseech thee, the iniquity H5771 of this people H5971 according unto the greatness H1433 of thy mercy, H2617 and as thou hast forgiven H5375 (QalPerf) this people, H5971 from Egypt H4714 even until now. H2008§

God’s Judgement

[20] And the Lord H3068 said, H559 (QalImpf) I have pardoned H5545 (QalPerf) according to thy word: H1697 [21] but as truly H199 as I live, H2416 all the earth H776 shall be filled H4390 (NiphImpf) with the glory H3519 of the Lord. H3068 [22] Because all those men H582 which have seen H7200 (QalActPtc) my glory, H3519 and my miracles, H226 which I did H6213 (QalPerf) in Egypt H4714 and in the wilderness, H4057 and have tempted H5254 (PielImpf) me now these ten H6235 times, H6471 and have not hearkened H8085 (QalPerf) to my voice; H6963 [23] surely they shall not H518 see H7200 (QalImpf) the land H776§ which I sware H7650 (NiphPerf) unto their fathers, H1 neither shall any of them that provoked H5006 (PielPtc) me see H7200 (QalImpf) it: [24] but my servant H5650 Caleb, H3612 because H6118 he had another H312 spirit H7307 with him, and hath followed H310 me fully, H4390 (PielImpf) him will I bring H935 (HiphPerf) into the land H776 whereinto he went; H935 (QalPerf) and his seed H2233 shall possess H3423 (HiphImpf) it. [25] (Now the Amalekites H6003 and the Canaanites H3669 dwelt H3427 (QalActPtc) in the valley.) H6010 To morrow H4279 turn H6437 (QalImpv) you, and get H5265 (QalImpv) you into the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 of the Red H5488 sea. H3220 [26] And the Lord H3068 spake H1696 (PielImpf) unto Moses H4872 and unto Aaron, H175 saying, H559 (QalInf) [27] How long shall I bear with this evil H7451 congregation, H5712 which murmur H3885 (HiphPtc) against me? I have heard H8085 (QalPerf) the murmurings H8519 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 which they murmur H3885 (HiphPtc) against me. [28] Say H559 (QalImpv) unto them, As truly as H3808 I live, H2416 saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord, H3068 as ye have spoken H1696 (PielPerf) in mine ears, H241 so will I do H6213 (QalImpf) to you: [29] your carcases H6297 shall fall H5307 (QalImpf) in this wilderness; H4057 and all that were numbered H6485 (QalPasPtc) of you, according to your whole number, H4557 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 which have murmured H3885 (HiphPerf) against me, [30] doubtless ye shall not H518 come H935 (QalImpf) into the land, H776 concerning which I sware§ H3027 to make you dwell H7931 (PielInf) therein, save Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh, H3312 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun. H5126 [31] But your little ones, H2945 which ye said H559 (QalPerf) should be a prey, H957 them will I bring in, H935 (HiphPerf) and they shall know H3045 (QalPerf) the land H776 which ye have despised. H3988 (QalPerf) [32] But as for you, your carcases, H6297 they shall fall H5307 (QalImpf) in this wilderness. H4057 [33] And your children H1121 shall wander H7462 (QalActPtc)§ in the wilderness H4057 forty H705 years, H8141 and bear H5375 (QalPerf) your whoredoms, H2184 until your carcases H6297 be wasted H8552 (QalInf) in the wilderness. H4057 [34] After the number H4557 of the days H3117 in which ye searched H8446 (QalPerf) the land, H776 even forty H705 days, H3117 each day H3117 for a year, H8141 shall ye bear H5375 (QalImpf) your iniquities, H5771 even forty H705 years, H8141 and ye shall know H3045 (QalPerf) my breach of promise. H8569§ [35] I the Lord H3068 have said, H1696 (PielPerf) I will surely H518 do H6213 (QalImpf) it H2063 unto all this evil H7451 congregation, H5712 that are gathered together H3259 (NiphPtc) against me: in this wilderness H4057 they shall be consumed, H8552 (NiphImpf) and there they shall die. H4191 (QalImpf) [36] And the men, H582 which Moses H4872 sent H7971 (QalPerf) to search H8446 (QalInf) the land, H776 who returned, H7725 (QalImpf) and made all the congregation H5712 to murmur H3885 (HiphImpf/Qere) against him, by bringing up H3318 (HiphInf) a slander H1681 upon the land, H776 [37] even those H582 men H582 that did bring up H3318 (HiphPtc) the evil H7451 report H1681 upon the land, H776 died H4191 (QalImpf) by the plague H4046 before H6440 the Lord. H3068 [38] But Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh, H3312 which were of the men H1992 that went H1980 (QalActPtc) to search H8446 (QalInf) the land, H776 lived H2421 (QalPerf) still. [39] And Moses H4872 told H1696 (PielImpf) these sayings H1697 unto all the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 and the people H5971 mourned H56 (HithImpf) greatly. H3966

Selfwilled People

[40] And they rose up early H7925 (HiphImpf) in the morning, H1242 and gat them up H5927 (QalImpf) into the top H7218 of the mountain, H2022 saying, H559 (QalInf) Lo, H2009 we be here, and will go up H5927 (QalPerf) unto the place H4725 which the Lord H3068 hath promised: H559 (QalPerf) for we have sinned. H2398 (QalPerf) [41] And Moses H4872 said, H559 (QalImpf) Wherefore now do ye transgress H5674 (QalActPtc) the commandment H6310 of the Lord? H3068 but it shall not prosper. H6743 (QalImpf) [42] Go not up, H5927 (QalImpf) for the Lord H3068 is not among H7130 you; that ye be not smitten H5062 (NiphImpf) before H6440 your enemies. H341 (QalActPtc) [43] For the Amalekites H6003 and the Canaanites H3669 are there before H6440 you, and ye shall fall H5307 (QalPerf) by the sword: H2719 because ye are turned H7725 (QalPerf) away H310 from the Lord, H3068 therefore the Lord H3068 will not be with you. [44] But they presumed H6075 (HiphImpf) to go up H5927 (QalInf) unto the hill H2022 top: H7218 nevertheless the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord, H3068 and Moses, H4872 departed H4185 (QalPerf) not out H7130 of the camp. H4264 [45] Then the Amalekites H6003 came down, H3381 (QalImpf) and the Canaanites H3669 which dwelt H3427 (QalActPtc) in that hill, H2022 and smote H5221 (HiphImpf) them, and discomfited H3807 (HiphImpf) them, even unto Hormah. H2767

Footnotes

  1. § 14:9 Heb. shadow
  2. § 14:19 Or, hitherto
  3. § 14:23 Heb. if they see the land
  4. § 14:30 Heb. lifted up my hand
  5. § 14:33 Or, feed
  6. § 14:34 Or, altering of my purpose
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