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Numbers 14:16

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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.

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto 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

    Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

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  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

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  • Joshua 7:7

    And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

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  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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