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Numbers 14:41

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39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

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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, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
KJV
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
WEB
Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of the LORD, since it shall not prosper?
ASV
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
DARBY
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
BLB
And Moses said, “Why [is] this—you⁺ are passing over the mouth of YHWH? For that will not succeed.
ÅB
Men Moses sa: Hvorfor overtreder dere Herrens bud? Det vil ikke lykkes.
OTB
Men Moses sa: “Hvorfor går dere mot Herrens befaling? Dette vil ikke lykkes!
B1930
Men Moses sa: Hvorfor overtreder I Herrens bud? Det vil ikke lykkes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20

    And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

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  • Numbers 14:25

    (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

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  • Job 4:9

    By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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  • Jeremiah 2:37

    Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

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  • Jeremiah 32:5

    And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

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