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Verse 1

And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

Verse 2

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and 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!

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!

Verse 3

Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

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?

Verse 4

And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Verse 5

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Verse 6

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those that searched the land, tore their clothes:

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Verse 7

And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceedingly good land.

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.

Verse 8

If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

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.

Verse 9

Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

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.

Verse 10

But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

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.

Verse 11

And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

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?

Verse 12

I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Verse 13

And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

Verse 14

And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

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.

Verse 15

Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Verse 16

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.

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.

Verse 17

And now, I beseech you, let the power of my Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

Verse 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 to the third and fourth generation.

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.

Verse 19

Pardon, I beseech you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your mercy, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

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.

Verse 20

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word:

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Verse 21

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Verse 22

Because all those men who 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 listened to my voice;

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;

Verse 23

Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

Verse 24

But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where he went; and his offspring shall possess it.

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.

Verse 25

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

(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.

Verse 26

And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Verse 27

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

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.

Verse 28

Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Verse 29

Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

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,

Verse 30

Surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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.

Verse 31

But your little ones, which you said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

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.

Verse 32

But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.

But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

Verse 33

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your faithlessness, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

Verse 34

After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise.

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.

Verse 35

I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

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.

Verse 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,

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,

Verse 37

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

Verse 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.

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.

Verse 39

And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

Verse 40

And they rose up early in the morning, and went up into the top of the mountain, saying, Here we are, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned.

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.

Verse 41

And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Verse 42

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that you be not struck down before your enemies.

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

Verse 43

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you have turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

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.

Verse 44

But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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.

Verse 45

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill, and struck them, and beat them down, even to Hormah.

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

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