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Numbers 14:12

Judgment

10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.

11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”

13 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
KJV
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
WEB
I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
ASV
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
DARBY
I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
BLB
I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
ÅB
Jeg vil slå dem med pest og utrydde dem, og så vil jeg gjøre deg til et større og sterkere folk enn dette.
OTB
Jeg vil slå dem med pest og ødelegge dem, men Jeg vil gjøre deg til en nasjon større og mektigere enn dem.”
B1930
Jeg vil slå dem med pest og utrydde dem, og så vil jeg gjøre dig til et større og sterkere folk enn dette.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 32:10

    Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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  • Numbers 16:46–49

    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

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  • Numbers 25:9

    but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

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  • 2 Samuel 24:12–15

    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

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  • Exodus 5:3

    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

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