‏ Numbers 14

CHAPTER 14

The Israelites Fear the Canaanites

1And taking up, all the congregation gave a sound, and [³wept ¹the ²people ⁵entire   ⁶night ⁴that]. 2And they complained over Moses and Aaron -- all the sons of Israel. And [⁴said ⁵to ⁶them ¹all ²the ³congregation], Ought that we should die in the land of Egypt, than [²in   ³this wilderness ¹we should die]. 3And why did the lord  bring us into   this land to fall in war?   Our wives and   children will be for ravaging. Now then [²best ³for us ¹it is] to return to Egypt. 4And [²said ¹the other] to the other, We should appoint a chief, and we should return unto Egypt. 5And [³fell ¹Moses and ²Aaron] upon their face before all the congregation of the sons of Israel. 6And Joshua the son of  Nun, and Caleb the son of  Jephunneh, of the ones surveying the land, tore   their cloaks. 7And they said to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed it, it is good exceedingly exceedingly. 8If [²selected ³us ¹the lord], he will bring us into   this land, and he will give it to us; a land which is flowing milk and honey. 9But from   the lord  do not [²defectors ¹become]; And you, do not fear the people of the land! for [²a thing devoured ³for us ¹they are]. [⁴has left ¹for ²the ³time] from them, and the lord  is among us; do not fear them! 10And [⁴said ¹all ²the ³congregation] to stone them with stones. And the glory of the lord  appeared in the cloud upon the tent of the testimony among all the sons of Israel. 11And the lord said to Moses, For how long does  [²provoke ³me   ¹this people]? And for how long do they not trust me, for all the signs which I did among them? 12I will strike them in death, and I will destroy them, and I will make you into [⁴nation ¹a great ²and ³populous] rather than this one.

Moses Pleads on Behalf of the People

13And Moses said to the lord, And Egypt shall hear that you led   [³by your strength   ²people ¹this] from them, 14but also all the ones dwelling upon   this land have heard, that you are the lord  among   this people, who eyes to eyes you behold, O lord, and   your cloud stands over them, and in a column of cloud you go in front of them by the day, and in a column of fire by the night. 15And shall you obliterate   this people as [²man ¹one]? and [³shall say ¹the ²nations], as many as heard   your name, saying, 16Because the [²was not ³able ¹ lord] to bring   this people into the land which he swore by an oath to them, he prostrated them in the wilderness. 17And now, raise up high   your strength, O lord, in which manner you said, saying, 18The lord  is lenient, and full of mercy, and true, removing lawless deeds, and iniquities, and sins; but by cleansing he shall not cleanse the liable, repaying the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19Dismiss the sin   of this people according to   [²great ³mercy ¹your], just as kindness happened to them from Egypt until the present. 20And the lord said, [²kind ³to them ¹I am] according to   your word; 21but as I live, that [⁴will fill ¹the ²glory ³of the lord] all the earth. 22For all the men   seeing   my glory, and the signs which I did in Egypt, and in   this wilderness, and test me this tenth time, and are not listening to   my voice, 23assuredly they shall not see the land which I swore by an oath to  their fathers; but only   their children who are with me here, as many as have not known good or evil, every young one inexperienced, to these I will give the land. But all the ones provoking me shall not see it. 24  But my servant Caleb, for [³is ²spirit ¹another] in him, and he followed after me, I will bring him into the land into which you enter there, and   his seed shall inherit it. 25  But Amalek and the Canaanites dwell in the valley. Tomorrow you should turn and depart into the wilderness way [²sea ¹of the red]. 26And the lord said to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27For how long shall I endure    [²congregation   ¹this wicked], in which they grumble before me? The grumbling of the sons of Israel, which they grumble concerning you, I have heard. 28Say to them, as I live, says the lord, assuredly in which manner you spoke into   my ears, so I will do for you. 29In   this wilderness [²shall fall   ¹your carcasses], even all   overseeing you, and the ones being counted of you from twenty years old  and up, as many as grumbled against me. 30Shall you enter into the land upon which I stretched out   my hand to encamp you upon it, no. But only Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of  Nun, 31and the children who you said, [²for ³ravaging ¹to be], I will bring them into the land which you abstained from it. 32And   your carcasses will fall in   this wilderness. 33But your sons will be fed in the wilderness forty years. And they shall bear   your harlotry, until whenever [²should be consumed   ¹your carcasses] in the wilderness. 34According to the number of the days, as many as you surveyed the land -- forty days; a day for the year you will take   for your sins -- forty years; and you shall know the rage   of my anger. 35I the lord  spoke. Assuredly thus I will do   [²congregation   ¹to this wicked], to the one rising up together against me. In   this wilderness they shall be completely consumed, and there they shall die. 36And the men whom Moses sent to survey the land, and coming, complained concerning this to the congregation, to bring forth [²words ¹bad] concerning the land, 37and they died, the men   avowing bad things  concerning the land in the calamity before the lord. 38And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived of   those men, of the ones going to survey the land. 39And Moses spoke   these words to all the sons of Israel; and [³mourned ¹the ²people] exceedingly. 40And rising early in the morning, they ascended into the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we shall ascend unto the place which the lord spoke, for we sinned. 41And Moses said, Why do you violate the word of the lord? it will not be prosperous for you. 42Do not ascend, [⁴not ¹for ³is ²the lord] with you. And you shall fall before the face   of your enemies. 43For   Amalek and the Canaanite are there in front of you, and you shall fall by the sword, because you were turned resisting the persuasion by the lord, and [²will not be ¹the lord] with you. 44And forcing through, they ascended upon the top of the mountain. But the ark of the covenant of the lord, and Moses did not move from out of the midst of the camp. 45And [²came down   ¹Amalekite], and the Canaanite   lying in wait in   that mountain, and they routed them, and they slew them unto Hormah.