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Numbers 14:13

Moses

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?

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

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.

15 If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

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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
But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
WEB
Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
ASV
And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;
DARBY
And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
BLB
And Moses said to YHWH, “Then the Egyptians will hear [it], for by Your power You brought up this people from among them.
ÅB
Da sa Moses til Herren: Egypterne har hørt at du med din kraft har ført dette folk ut fra dem,
OTB
Moses sa til Herren: “Da vil egypterne høre om det! Ved Din kraft førte Du dette folket opp fra blant dem.
B1930
Da sa Moses til Herren: Egypterne har hørt at du med din kraft har ført dette folk ut fra dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 106:23

    So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

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  • Exodus 32:11–14

    But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

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  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

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  • Deuteronomy 9:26–28

    And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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  • Joshua 7:8–9

    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

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