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Book of Numbers, Chapter 14

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Chapter 14 of Numbers—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then all the congregation [a]lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept [b]that night.
  2. All the sons of Israel 1grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “2Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
  3. Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, 3to fall by the sword? 4Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
  4. So they said to one another, “5Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  5. 6Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.
  6. Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
  7. and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “7The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
  8. 8If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—9a land which flows with milk and honey.
  9. Only 10do not rebel against the LORD; and do not 11fear the people of the land, for they will be our [c]prey. Their [d]protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.”
  10. 12But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then 13the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.
  11. 14The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will 15they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?
  12. I will smite them with [e]16pestilence and dispossess them, and I 17will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”
  13. 18But Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst,
  14. and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for 19You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
  15. Now if You slay this people as one man, 20then the nations who have heard of Your fame will [f]say,
  16. ‘Because the LORD 21could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
  17. But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have [g]declared,
  18. ‘22The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but 23He will by no means clear the guilty, 24visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children [h]to the third and the fourth generations.’
  19. 25Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
  20. ¶ So the LORD said, “26I have pardoned them according to your word;
  21. but indeed, 27as I live, [i]28all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.
  22. Surely 29all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet 30have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
  23. 31shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
  24. But My servant Caleb, 32because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, [j]33I will bring into the land [k]which he entered, and his [l]descendants shall take possession of it.
  25. 34Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the [m]Red Sea.”
  26. ¶ The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
  27. “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are 35grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are [n]making against Me.
  28. Say to them, ‘36As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as 37you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;
  29. 38your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all 39your [o]numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.
  30. Surely you shall not come into the land in which I [p]swore to settle you, 40except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
  31. 41Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.
  32. 42But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness.
  33. Your sons shall be shepherds for 43forty years in the wilderness, and they will [q]suffer for your [r]unfaithfulness, until your corpses [s]lie in the wilderness.
  34. According to the 44number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your [t]guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.
  35. 45I, the LORD, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.’”
  36. 46As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,
  37. even 47those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a 48plague before the LORD.
  38. But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
  39. ¶ When Moses spoke 49these words to all the sons of Israel, 50the people mourned greatly.
  40. In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the [u]ridge of the hill country, saying, “51Here we are; [v]we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised.”
  41. But Moses said, “52Why then are you transgressing the [w]commandment of the LORD, when it will not succeed?
  42. 53Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you.
  43. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following the LORD. And the LORD will not be with you.”
  44. But they went up heedlessly to the [x]ridge of the hill country; neither 54the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses left the camp.
  45. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as 55Hormah.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit lifted and gave their voice
  2. ^ Lit in that
  3. ^ Lit food
  4. ^ Lit shadow
  5. ^ Lit the pestilence
  6. ^ Lit speak, saying
  7. ^ Lit spoken, saying
  8. ^ Lit on
  9. ^ Lit and all
  10. ^ Lit him I
  11. ^ Lit where
  12. ^ Lit seed
  13. ^ Lit Sea of Reeds
  14. ^ Lit complaining
  15. ^ Lit mustered
  16. ^ Lit raised My hand
  17. ^ Lit bear
  18. ^ Lit fornications
  19. ^ Lit are finished
  20. ^ Or iniquities
  21. ^ Or top of the mountain
  22. ^ Or and we will go up...for we have sinned
  23. ^ Lit mouth
  24. ^ Or top of the mountain

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 11:1
  2. ^ Nu 11:5; 16:13; 20:3, 4; 21:5
  3. ^ Ex 5:21; 16:3
  4. ^ Nu 14:31; De 1:39
  5. ^ Ne 9:17
  6. ^ Nu 16:4
  7. ^ Nu 13:27; De 1:25
  8. ^ De 10:15
  9. ^ Ex 3:8; Nu 13:27
  10. ^ De 1:26; 9:23, 24
  11. ^ De 1:21, 29
  12. ^ Ex 17:4
  13. ^ Ex 16:10; Le 9:23
  14. ^ Ex 32:9-13
  15. ^ Ps 106:24
  16. ^ Le 26:25; De 28:21
  17. ^ Ex 32:10
  18. ^ Ex 32:11-14; Ps 106:23
  19. ^ Ex 13:21; De 5:4
  20. ^ Ex 32:12
  21. ^ Jos 7:7
  22. ^ Ex 20:6; 34:6, 7; De 5:10; 7:9; Ps 103:8; 145:8; Jon 4:2
  23. ^ Ex 20:5; De 5:9; 7:10
  24. ^ Ex 34:7
  25. ^ Ex 32:32; 34:9
  26. ^ Mc 7:18-20
  27. ^ Nu 14:28; De 32:40; Is 49:18
  28. ^ Is 6:3; Hab 2:14
  29. ^ 1Co 10:5
  30. ^ Ex 5:21; 14:11; 15:24; 16:2; 17:2, 3; 32:1; Nu 11:1, 4; 12:1; 14:2
  31. ^ Nu 26:65; 32:11; Heb 3:18
  32. ^ Nu 14:6-9
  33. ^ Nu 26:65; 32:12; De 1:36; Jos 14:6-15
  34. ^ Nu 13:29
  35. ^ Nu 11:1
  36. ^ Nu 14:21
  37. ^ Nu 14:2; De 2:14, 15; Heb 3:17
  38. ^ Heb 3:17
  39. ^ Nu 1:45, 46
  40. ^ Nu 14:24
  41. ^ Nu 14:3
  42. ^ Nu 26:64, 65; 32:13; 1Co 10:5
  43. ^ De 2:7; 8:2, 4; 29:5
  44. ^ Nu 13:25
  45. ^ Nu 23:19
  46. ^ Nu 13:4-16, 32
  47. ^ 1Co 10:10; Heb 3:17, 18
  48. ^ Nu 16:49
  49. ^ Nu 14:28-35
  50. ^ Ex 33:4
  51. ^ De 1:41-44
  52. ^ 2Ch 24:20
  53. ^ De 1:42
  54. ^ Nu 31:6
  55. ^ Nu 21:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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