Numbers 14
1. And all the congregation lifted up * their voice, and cried * ; and the people wept * that night.
2. And all the children of Israel murmured * against Moses and against Aaron:and the whole congregation said * unto them, Would God that we had died * in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died * in this wilderness !
3. And wherefore hath the LORD brought * us unto this land, to fall * by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return * into Egypt?
4. And they said * one to another, Let us make * a captain, and let us return * into Egypt.
5. Then Moses and Aaron fell * on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched * the land, rent * their clothes:
7. And they spake * unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying * , The land, which we passed * through to search * it, is an exceeding good land.
8. If the LORD delight * in us, then he will bring * us into this land, and give * it us; a land which floweth * with milk and honey.
9. Only rebel * not ye against the LORD,neither fear * ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed * from them, and the LORD is with us: fear * them not.
10. But all the congregation bade * stone * them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared * in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11. And the LORD said * unto Moses,How long will this people provoke * me? and how long will it be ere they believe * me, for all the signs which I have shewed * among them?
12. I will smite * them with the pestilence, and disinherit * them, and will make * of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13. And Moses said * unto the LORD,Then the Egyptians shall hear * it, (for thou broughtest up * this people in thy might from among them;)
14. And they will tell * it to the inhabitants * of this land: for they have heard * that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen * face to face, and that thy cloud standeth * over them, and that thou goest * before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15. Now if thou shalt kill * all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard * the fame of thee will speak * , saying * ,
16. Because the LORD was not able * to bring * this people into the land which he sware * unto them, therefore he hath slain * them in the wilderness.
17. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great * , according as thou hast spoken * , saying * ,
18. The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving * iniquity and transgression, and by no means * clearing * the guilty, visiting * the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
19. Pardon * , I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven * this people, from Egypt even until now.
20. And the LORD said * , I have pardoned * according to thy word:
21. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled * with the glory of the LORD.
22. Because all those men which have seen * my glory, and my miracles, which I did * in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted * me now these ten times, and have not hearkened * to my voice;
23. Surely they shall not see * the land which I sware * unto their fathers,neither shall any of them that provoked * me see * it:
24. But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully * , him will I bring * into the land whereinto he went * ; and his seed shall possess * it.
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.
26. And the LORD spake * unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying * ,
27. How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur * against me? I have heard * the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur * against me.
28. Say * unto them, As truly as I live, saith * the LORD, as ye have spoken * in mine ears, so will I do * to you:
29. Your carcases shall fall * in this wilderness; and all that were numbered * of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured * against me,
30. Doubtless ye shall not come * into the land, concerning which I sware * to make you dwell * therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31. But your little ones, which ye said * should be a prey, them will I bring in * , and they shall know * the land which ye have despised * .
32. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall * in this wilderness.
33. And your children shall wander * in the wilderness forty years, and bear * your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted * in the wilderness.
34. After the number of the days in which ye searched * the land, even forty days, each day for a year,shall ye bear * your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know * my breach of promise.
35. I the LORD have said * , I will surely do * it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together * against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed * , and there they shall die * .
36. And the men, which Moses sent * to search * the land, who returned * , and made all the congregation to murmur * against him, by bringing up * a slander upon the land,
37. Even those men that did bring up * the evil report upon the land, died * by the plague before the LORD.
38. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went * to search * the land, lived * still.
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 * .
41. 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.
44. But they presumed * to go up * unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses,departed * not out of the camp.
45. Then the Amalekites came down * , and the Canaanites which dwelt * in that hill, and smote * them, and discomfited * them, even unto Hormah.
