Numbers 14 Parallel Bible

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1	And so, crying out, the entire crowd wept throughout that night.	Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.	That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.
2	And all the sons of Israel were murmuring against Moses and Aaron, saying:	And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!	All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!
3	“If only we had died in Egypt,” and, “If only we would perish in this vast wilderness,” and, “May the Lord not lead us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives, as well as our children, be led away as captives. Is it not better to return to Egypt?”	Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”	Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
4	And they said to one another, “Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt.”	And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”	And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
5	And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell prone on the ground in the sight of the multitude of the sons of Israel.	Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.	Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.
6	Yet truly, Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who themselves had also viewed the land, tore their garments,	And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes	Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes
7	and they said to the entire multitude of the sons of Israel: “The land that we circled through is very good.	and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.	and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.
8	If the Lord will be gracious to us, he will lead us into it, and he will give us the land flowing with milk and honey.	If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.	If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
9	Do not choose to be rebellious against the Lord. And do not fear the people of this land, for, like bread, so are we able to devour them. All protection has withdrawn from them. The Lord is with us. Do not be afraid.”	Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.”	Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
10	And when the entire multitude cried out, and they wanted to crush them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared, over the roof of the covenant, to all the sons of Israel.	Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.	But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.
11	And the Lord said to Moses: “How long will this people disparage me? How long will they refuse to believe me, despite all the signs that I have wrought before them?	And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?	The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?
12	Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”	I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”	I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.”
13	And Moses said to the Lord: “But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people,	But Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them,	Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.
14	and the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, O Lord, are among this people, and that you are seen face to face, and that your cloud protects them, and that you go before them with a column of cloud by day, and a column of fire by night,	and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O LORD, are in the midst of this people. For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and 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.	And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are with these people and that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
15	may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:	Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,	If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,
16	‘He was not able to lead the people into the land about which he had sworn. Therefore, he slew them in the wilderness.’	‘It is because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’	The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
17	Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:	And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,	“Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared:
18	‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’	‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’	The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
19	Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place.”	Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”	In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”
20	And the Lord said: “I have forgiven them according to your word.	Then the LORD said, “I have pardoned, according to your word.	The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.
21	Also, as I live, the entire world shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.	But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD,	Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth,
22	And yet, all the men who have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who have tested me ten times already, and yet have not obeyed my voice,	none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice,	not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times—
23	these shall not see the land, about which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who detracted me gaze upon it.	shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.	not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.
24	My servant Caleb, who, being full of another spirit, has followed me, I will lead into this land, through which he has wandered, and his offspring shall possess it.	But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.	But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
25	For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea.”	Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”	Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.”
26	And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:	And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
27	“How long will this very wicked multitude murmur against me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.	“How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.	“How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.
28	Therefore, say to them: As I live, says the Lord, as you spoke in my hearing, so will I do to you.	Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the LORD, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:	So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
29	In the wilderness, here shall your carcasses lie. All you who were numbered from twenty years and above, and who have murmured against me,	your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,	In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.
30	you shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my hand to cause you to live there, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.	not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.	Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
31	But your little ones, about whom you said that they would be a prey to the enemies, I will lead them in, so that they may see the land that has displeased you.	But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.	As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.
32	Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.	But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.	But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
33	Your sons shall wander in the desert for forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers are consumed in the desert.	And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.	Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
34	According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.	According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.’	For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’
35	For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die.”	I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.”	I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.”
36	Therefore, all the men, whom Moses had sent to contemplate the land, and who, having returned, had caused the entire multitude to murmur against him, disparaging the land as if it were evil,	And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land—	So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it—
37	suffered death and were struck down in the sight of the Lord.	the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the LORD.	these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD.
38	But only Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, out of all those who had journeyed to examine the land.	Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.	Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
39	And Moses spoke all these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.	When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people mourned greatly.	When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly.
40	And behold, rising up at first light, they climbed to the top of the mountain, and they said, “We are prepared to ascend to the place, about which the Lord has spoken, for we have sinned.”	And they rose early in the morning and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, “Here we are. We will go up to the place that the LORD has promised, for we have sinned.”	Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country, saying, “Now we are ready to go up to the land the LORD promised. Surely we have sinned!”
41	And Moses said to them: “Why do you transgress the word of the Lord, merely because it will not result in prosperity for you?	But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the LORD, when that will not succeed?	But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the LORD’s command? This will not succeed!
42	Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.	Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.	Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies,
43	The Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, by whose sword you shall be ruined, for you were not willing to consent to the Lord, and so the Lord is not with you.”	For there the Amalekites and the Canaanites are facing you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.”	for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.”
44	But they, having been darkened, ascended to the top of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of the Lord, and Moses, did not withdraw from the camp.	But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses departed out of the camp.	Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the LORD’s covenant moved from the camp.
45	And the Amalekites descended, along with those Canaanites who were living in the mountains. And so, striking and cutting them down, they pursued them all the way to Hormah.	Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.	Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.
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