Numbers 14 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The People Rebel

Then all^H3605 the congregation^H5712 [fn]raised^H5375 their voices^H6963 and cried^H5414 out^H5414, and the people^H5971 wept^H1058 [fn]that night^H3915.

Num 14:2

Num 14:2And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness!

Num 14:3

Num 14:3“So why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder! Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Num 14:4

Num 14:4So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt!”

Num 14:5

Then Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 fell^H5307 on their faces^H6440 in the presence^H6440 of all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of the congregation^H5712 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

Num 14:6

Num 14:6And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

Num 14:7

Num 14:7and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

Num 14:8

Num 14:8“If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which flows with milk and honey.

Num 14:9

Num 14:9“Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our [fn]prey. Their [fn]protection is gone from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.”

Num 14:10

Num 14:10But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

Moses Pleads for the People

Num 14:11

And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses^H4872, “How^H575 long^H5704 will this^H2088 people^H5971 be^H5006 disrespectful^H5006 to Me? And how^H575 long^H5704 will they not [fn]believe^H539 in Me, despite all^H3605 the signs^H226 that I have performed^H6213 in their midst^H7130?

Num 14:12

Num 14:12“I will strike them with [fn]plague and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

Num 14:13

But Moses^H4872 said^H559 to the LORD^H3068, “Then the Egyptians^H4714 will hear^H8085 of it, for by Your strength^H3581 You brought^H5927 this^H2088 people^H5971 up^H5927 from their midst^H7130,

Num 14:14

Num 14:14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are in the midst of this people, because You, LORD, are seen eye to eye, while 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.

Num 14:15

Num 14:15“Now if You put this people to death [fn]all at once, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will [fn]say,

Num 14:16

Num 14:16‘Since the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Num 14:17

Num 14:17“So now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,

Num 14:18

Num 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the [fn]punishment of the fathers on the children [fn]to the third and the fourth generations.’

Num 14:19

Num 14:19“Please forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

The LORD Pardons and Rebukes

Num 14:20

So the LORD^H3068 said^H559, “I have forgiven^H5545 them in accordance with your word^H1697;

Num 14:21

Num 14:21however, as I live, [fn]all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Num 14:22

Num 14:22“Certainly all the people who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

Num 14:23

Num 14:23shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who were disrespectful to Me see it.

Num 14:24

Num 14:24“But as for My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land which he [fn]entered, and his [fn]descendants shall take possession of it.

Num 14:25

Num 14:25“Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way of the [fn]Red Sea.”

Num 14:26

The LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 again, saying^H559,

Num 14:27

Num 14:27“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel which they are [fn]voicing against Me.

Num 14:28

Num 14:28“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you;

Num 14:29

Num 14:29your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all your [fn]numbered men according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

Num 14:30

Num 14:30‘By no means will you come into the land where I [fn]swore to settle you, except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Num 14:31

Num 14:31‘Your children, however, whom you said would become plunder—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.

Num 14:32

Num 14:32‘But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness.

Num 14:33

Num 14:33‘Also, your sons will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will [fn]suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your bodies perish in the wilderness.

Num 14:34

Num 14:34‘In accordance with the number of days that you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall suffer the punishment for your [fn]guilt a year, that is, forty years, and you will know My opposition.

Num 14:35

Num 14:35‘I, the LORD, have spoken, I certainly will do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be worn out in this wilderness, and there they shall die.’”

Num 14:36

As for the men^H376 whom^H834 Moses^H4872 sent^H7971 to spy^H8446 out^H8446 the land^H776, and who returned^H7725 and led all^H3605 the congregation^H5712 to grumble^H3885 against^H5921 him by bringing^H3318 a bad^H1681 report^H1681 about^H5921 the land^H776,

Num 14:37

Num 14:37those men who brought the bad report of the land also died by a plague in the presence of the LORD.

Num 14:38

Num 14:38But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

Israel Repulsed

(Deu 1:41–45 )

Num 14:39

Now when Moses^H4872 spoke^H1696 these^H428 words^H1697 to all^H3605 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478, the people^H5971 mourned^H56 greatly^H3966.

Num 14:40

Num 14:40In the morning, however, they got up early and went up to the [fn]ridge of the hill country, saying, “Here we are; and we will go up to the place which the LORD has [fn]promised, for [fn]we have sinned.”

Num 14:41

Num 14:41But Moses said, “Why then are you violating the [fn]command of the LORD, when doing so will not succeed?

Num 14:42

Num 14:42“Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, [fn]to prevent you from being defeated [fn]by your enemies.

Num 14:43

Num 14:43“For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there [fn]to confront you, and you will fall by the sword, since you have turned back from following the LORD. And the LORD will not be with you.”

Num 14:44

Num 14:44But they foolishly dared to go up to the [fn]ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses left the camp.

Num 14:45

Num 14:45Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and scattered them as far as Hormah.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(14:1)

Lit raised and gave their voice

Lit in that

Lit food

Lit shadow

Or trust in

Lit the plague

Lit as one man

Lit say, saying

I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing

Lit on

Lit and all

Lit entered there

Lit seed

Lit Sea of Reeds

Lit complaining

Lit mustered

Lit raised My hand

Lit bear

Or wrongdoings

Or top of the mountain

(14:40)

Lit said

(14:40)

I.e., by lacking faith to go

(14:41)

Lit mouth

(14:42)

Lit so that you are not

(14:42)

Lit before

(14:43)

Lit before you

(14:44)

Or top of the mountain

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