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Numbers 14 (WEBP)

[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.

Numbers 14:17 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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Numbers 14 (KJVS)

[1] 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 .) To morrow 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 () (8675) () 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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Numbers 14 (YLT)

[1] And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;
[2] and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, ‘O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!
[3] and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?’
[4] And they say one unto another, ‘Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.’
[5] And Moses falleth-Aaron also-on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.
[6] And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,
[7] and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, ‘The land into which we have passed over to spy it, is a very very good land;
[8] if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;
[9] only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they are; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah is with us; fear them not.’
[10] And all the company say to stone them with stones, and the honour of Jehovah hath appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the sons of Israel.
[11] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?
[12] I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.’
[13] And Moses saith unto Jehovah, ‘Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,
[14] and they have said it unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen-O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them,-and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
[15] ‘And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,
[16] From Jehovah’s want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them-He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.
[17] ‘And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:
[18] Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third generation, and on a fourth;-
[19] forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.’
[20] And Jehovah saith, ‘I have forgiven, according to thy word;
[21] and yet, I live-and it is filled-the whole earth-with the honour of Jehovah;
[22] for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice-
[23] they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;
[24] and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me-I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.
[25] ‘And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness-the way of the Red Sea.’
[26] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
[27] ‘Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;
[28] say unto them, I live-an affirmation of Jehovah-if, as ye have spoken in Mine ears-so I do not to you;
[29] in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;
[30] ye-ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.
[31] ‘As to your infants-of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become-I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;
[32] as to you-your carcases do fall in this wilderness,
[33] and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;
[34] by the number of the days in which ye spied the land, forty days,-a day for a year, a day for a year-ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;
[35] I am Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me;-in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.’
[36] And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,
[37] even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;
[38] and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.
[39] And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,
[40] and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, ‘Here we are, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.’
[41] And Moses saith, ‘Why is this?-ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;
[42] go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;
[43] for the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you.’
[44] And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.
[45] And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down-unto Hormah.