Numbers 14:1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
- KJV
- And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- WEB
- All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- ASV
- And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- DARBY
- And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- BLB
- And all the congregation lifted up and gave forth their voices, and the people wept that night.
- ÅB
- Da tok hele menigheten til å rope og skrike, og folket gråt hele natten.
- OTB
- Den natten ropte hele menigheten høyt og gråt, og folket gråt.
- B1930
- Da tok hele menigheten til å rope og skrike, og folket gråt hele natten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:45
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Read in contextNumbers 11:1–4
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
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