< Numbers 14 >

1 and to lift: loud all [the] congregation and to give: cry out [obj] voice: sound their and to weep [the] people in/on/with night [the] he/she/it
Then everybody there cried out loud all night.
2 and to grumble upon Moses and upon Aaron all son: descendant/people Israel and to say to(wards) them all [the] congregation if to die in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt or in/on/with wilderness [the] this if to die
All the Israelites went and complained to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “If only we'd died in Egypt, or here in this desert!
3 and to/for what? LORD to come (in): bring [obj] us to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for to fall: kill in/on/with sword woman: wife our and child our to be to/for plunder not pleasant to/for us to return: return Egypt [to]
Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to get us killed? Our wives and children will be captured and taken away as slaves! Wouldn't we be better off going back to Egypt?”
4 and to say man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his to give: put head: leader and to return: return Egypt [to]
They said to one another, “Let's choose a new leader us and go back to Egypt.”
5 and to fall: fall Moses and Aaron upon face their to/for face: before all assembly congregation son: descendant/people Israel
Moses and Aaron fellfacedown on the ground in front of all the assembled Israelites.
6 and Joshua son: child Nun and Caleb son: child Jephunneh from [the] to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet to tear garment their
Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, were there. They had been part of the group who had gone to spy out the land. They ripped their clothes,
7 and to say to(wards) all congregation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say [the] land: country/planet which to pass in/on/with her to/for to spy [obj] her pleasant [the] land: country/planet much much
and told the Israelites, “The country we traveled through and explored has very good land.
8 if to delight in in/on/with us LORD and to come (in): bring [obj] us to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to give: give her to/for us land: country/planet which he/she/it to flow: flowing milk and honey
If the Lord is happy with us, he will take us there and give it to us, a land that's so productive it's like flowing with milk and honey.
9 surely in/on/with LORD not to rebel and you(m. p.) not to fear [obj] people [the] land: country/planet for food: bread our they(masc.) to turn aside: remove shadow their from upon them and LORD with us not to fear them
Don't rebel and fight against the Lord. You don't need to be afraid of the people living there in the country—we can take them easily! They're defenseless and the Lord is with us. Don't be frightened of them!”
10 and to say all [the] congregation to/for to stone [obj] them in/on/with stone and glory LORD to see: see in/on/with tent meeting to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel
In reply all the people shouted out, “Stone them!” But the glory of the Lord suddenly appeared in the Tent of Meeting, right in the middle of the Israelites.
11 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses till where? to spurn me [the] people [the] this and till where? not be faithful in/on/with me in/on/with all [the] sign: miraculous which to make: do in/on/with entrails: among his
The Lord told Moses, “How long are these people going to reject me? How long are these people going to refuse to trust in me despite all the miracles I have done right in front of them?
12 to smite him in/on/with pestilence and to possess: take him and to make [obj] you to/for nation great: large and mighty from him
I'm going to make them sick with a disease and kill them. Then I will make you into a nation that's greater and strong than them.”
13 and to say Moses to(wards) LORD and to hear: hear Egyptian for to ascend: establish in/on/with strength your [obj] [the] people [the] this from entrails: among his
But Moses told the Lord, “The Egyptians will find out about it! It was by your power that you led the Israelites out from among them.
14 and to say to(wards) to dwell [the] land: country/planet [the] this to hear: hear for you(m. s.) LORD in/on/with entrails: among [the] people [the] this which eye in/on/with eye to see: see you(m. s.) LORD and cloud your to stand: stand upon them and in/on/with pillar cloud you(m. s.) to go: went to/for face: before their by day and in/on/with pillar fire night
They will tell the people living in this country all about it. They've already heard that you, Lord, are with us Israelites, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands guard over them, and that you lead them by a pillar of cloud during day and a pillar of fire at night.
15 and to die [obj] [the] people [the] this like/as man one and to say [the] nation which to hear: hear [obj] report your to/for to say
If you kill all these people in one go, the nations who have heard about you will say,
16 from lest be able LORD to/for to come (in): bring [obj] [the] people [the] this to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for them and to slaughter them in/on/with wilderness
‘The Lord killed these people in the desert because he wasn't able to take them to the country he promised to give them. He's killed them all in desert!’
17 and now to magnify please strength Lord like/as as which to speak: promise to/for to say
Now, Lord, please demonstrate the extent of your power just as you have said:
18 LORD slow face: anger and many kindness to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and transgression and to clear not to clear to reckon: visit iniquity: crime father upon son: child upon third and upon fourth
The Lord is slow to become angry and is full of trustworthy love, forgiving sin and rebellion. However, he will not allow the guilty to go unpunished, bringing the consequences of the parents' sin on their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
19 to forgive please to/for iniquity: crime [the] people [the] this like/as greatness kindness your and like/as as which to lift: forgive to/for people [the] this from Egypt and till here/thus
Please forgive the sin of these people since your trustworthy love is so great, in the same way that you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now.”
20 and to say LORD to forgive like/as word your
“I have forgiven them as you asked,” the Lord replied.
21 and but alive I and to fill glory LORD [obj] all [the] land: country/planet
“But even so, as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord's glory,
22 for all [the] human [the] to see: see [obj] glory my and [obj] sign: miraculous my which to make: do in/on/with Egypt and in/on/with wilderness and to test [obj] me this ten beat and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice my
not a single one of the those who saw my glory and the miracles I did in Egypt and in the desert—but provoked me and refused to obey me time and time again—
23 if: surely yes to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for father their and all to spurn me not to see: see her
not a single one of them is ever going to see the country I promised to give their forefathers. None of those who rejected me will see it.
24 and servant/slave my Caleb consequence to be spirit another with him and to fill after me and to come (in): bring him to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to come (in): come there [to] and seed: children his to possess: take her
But because my servant Caleb has a totally different spirit and is fully committed to me, I will lead him to the country he visited, and his descendants will own it.
25 and [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite to dwell in/on/with valley tomorrow to turn and to set out to/for you [the] wilderness way: road sea Red (Sea)
Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, tomorrow you are to turn around and head back into the desert, taking the route towards the Red Sea.”
26 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
27 till how to/for congregation [the] bad: evil [the] this which they(masc.) to grumble upon me [obj] murmuring son: descendant/people Israel which they(masc.) to grumble upon me to hear: hear
“How much longer are these wicked people going to criticize me? I've heard what they're saying, making complaints against me.
28 to say to(wards) them alive I utterance LORD if: surely yes not like/as as which to speak: speak in/on/with ear: hearing my so to make: do to/for you
Go and tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I'll do just what I heard you say you wanted, believe me!
29 in/on/with wilderness [the] this to fall: kill corpse your and all to reckon: list your to/for all number your from son: aged twenty year and above [to] which to grumble upon me
All of you will die in this desert, everyone who was registered in the census that counted those aged twenty or over, because you made complaints against me.
30 if: surely no you(m. p.) to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my to/for to dwell [obj] you in/on/with her that if: except if: except Caleb son: child Jephunneh and Joshua son: child Nun
Absolutely none of you will enter the country I promised to give you to live in, except for Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun.
31 and child your which to say to/for plunder to be and to come (in): bring [obj] them and to know [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to reject in/on/with her
However, I will take your children—those you said would be taken away as plunder—into the country you rejected, and they will appreciate it.
32 and corpse your you(m. p.) to fall: kill in/on/with wilderness [the] this
But you—you are all going to die in this desert.
33 and son: child your to be to pasture in/on/with wilderness forty year and to lift: bear [obj] fornication your till to finish corpse your in/on/with wilderness
Your children will wander in the desert for forty years, suffering because of your lack of trust until all your bodies lie buried in the desert.
34 in/on/with number [the] day which to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet forty day day to/for year day to/for year to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: crime your forty year and to know [obj] opposition my
Just as you explored the country for forty days, so shall your punishment for your sins be forty years, a year for every day, and you will see what happens when I oppose you.
35 I LORD to speak: speak if: surely yes not this to make: do to/for all [the] congregation [the] bad: evil [the] this [the] to appoint upon me in/on/with wilderness [the] this to finish and there to die
I, the Lord, have spoken! Just see if I won't do this to all these wicked Israelites who have got together to oppose me! They will end their lives in the desert—they will die there.’”
36 and [the] human which to send: depart Moses to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to return: return (and to grumble *QK) upon him [obj] all [the] congregation to/for to come out: speak slander upon [the] land: country/planet
The men that Moses had sent to explore the country—those who came back and because they gave a bad report they made all the Israelites complain against the Lord—
37 and to die [the] human to come out: speak slander [the] land: country/planet bad: harmful in/on/with plague to/for face: before LORD
those men who gave the bad report died before the Lord from plague.
38 and Joshua son: child Nun and Caleb son: child Jephunneh to live from [the] human [the] they(masc.) [the] to go: went to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet
The only ones who lived were Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh of those who went to explore the country.
39 and to speak: speak Moses [obj] [the] word [the] these to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel and to mourn [the] people much
When Moses told the Israelites what the Lord had said they were very, very sad.
40 and to rise in/on/with morning and to ascend: rise to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: hill country to/for to say look! we and to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] place which to say LORD for to sin
They got up early the next morning planning to go into the hill country. “Yes we really did sin,” they said, “but now we're here and we'll go where the Lord told us.”
41 and to say Moses to/for what? this you(m. p.) to pass: trespass [obj] lip: word LORD and he/she/it not to prosper
But Moses objected. “Why are you disobeying the Lord's command? You won't succeed in your plan!
42 not to ascend: rise for nothing LORD in/on/with entrails: among your and not to strike to/for face: before enemy your
Don't try and go, otherwise you will be killed by your enemies, because the Lord isn't with you.
43 for [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite there to/for face: before your and to fall: kill in/on/with sword for as that: since as as to return: turn back from after LORD and not to be LORD with you
The Amalekites and Canaanites living there will attack you, and you will die by the sword. Because you rejected the Lord, he won't help you.”
44 and to presume to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: hill country and ark covenant LORD and Moses not to remove from entrails: among [the] camp
But they were arrogant and went up into the hill country, even though Moses and the Ark of the Lord's Agreement didn't move from the camp.
45 and to go down [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite [the] to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] he/she/it and to smite them and to crush them till [the] Hormah
The Amalekites and Canaanites who lived there in the hill country came down and attacked the Israelites and defeated them, and chased them all the way to Hormah.

< Numbers 14 >