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Numbers 14:16

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,

‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

17 So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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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
‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
KJV
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.
WEB
‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
ASV
Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
DARBY
Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.
BLB
‘Because YHWH was not able to bring this people to the land that He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’
ÅB
Herren maktet ikke å føre dette folk inn i det land han hadde tilsvoret dem, derfor slaktet han dem ned i ørkenen.
OTB
‘Herren var ikke i stand til å føre dette folket inn i landet Han lovet dem med ed, så Han ødela dem i ørkenen.’
B1930
Herren maktet ikke å føre dette folk inn i det land han hadde tilsvoret dem, derfor slaktet han dem ned i ørkenen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:28

    Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

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  • Joshua 7:9

    When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”

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  • Joshua 7:7

    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

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  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

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