Numbers 14:40
38 Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
39 And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
41 But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
42 Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Og de sto tidlig opp om morgenen og dro oppover mot fjellhøyden og sa: Se, her er vi, og vi vil dra opp til det sted som Herren har talt om; for vi har syndet.
- OTB
- Tidlig neste morgen dro de til det høyeste punktet i fjellandet og sa: “Nå er vi klare til å gå opp til landet Herren lovet. Vi har virkelig syndet!”
- B1930
- Og de stod tidlig op om morgenen og drog opover mot fjellhøiden og sa: Se, her er vi, og vi vil dra op til det sted som Herren har talt om; for vi har syndet.
- BSB
- Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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 the LORD has promised; for we have sinned.”
- ASV
- And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.
- DARBY
- And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.
- BLB
- And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we [are], and we will go up to the place that YHWH has promised. For we have sinned.”
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Deuteronomy 1:41
“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 7:21–23
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
Les i sammenhengLuke 13:25
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Les i sammenhengMatthew 26:11–12
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
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