Numbers 14:44

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Nevertheless, in their presumption, they went up toward the top of the hill, but neither the ark of the LORD's covenant nor Moses moved from the camp.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But they presumed{H6075} to go up{H5927} to the top{H7218} of the mountain:{H2022} nevertheless the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} and Moses,{H4872} departed{H4185} not out{H4185} of the camp.{H4264}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But they presumed{H6075}{(H8686)} to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} unto the hill{H2022} top{H7218}: nevertheless the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, and Moses{H4872}, departed{H4185}{(H8804)} not out{H7130} of the camp{H4264}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But they were blynded to goo vpp in to ye hylltoppe: Neuer the lather the arke of the testament of the Lorde and Moses departed not out of the hoste.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine: neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt & Moses came not out of the hooste.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yet they presumed obstinately to goe vp to the top of the mountaine: but the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde, and Moses departed not out of the campe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But they presumed obstinatly to go vp into the hyll top: Neuerthelater, the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and Moyses, departed not out of the hoast.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But they gave no attention to his words and went to the top of the mountain, though Moses and the ark of the Lord's agreement did not go out of the tent-circle.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But they dared to go up to the crest of the hill, although neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses departed from the camp.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:43 : 43 So I spoke to you; and you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the hill.
  • 1 Sam 4:3-9 : 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before. 8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight. 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
  • Num 10:33 : 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
  • Num 15:30 : 30 But the soul who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native or a stranger, that soul reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
  • Num 31:6 : 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 14:40-43
    4 verses
    77%

    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.

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

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

    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.

  • Num 10:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

    34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

  • Deut 1:42-43
    2 verses
    75%

    42 And the LORD said to me, Tell them, Do not go up or fight, because I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.

    43 So I spoke to you; and you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the hill.

  • 74%

    36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

    37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.

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

  • 26 Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God:

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    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;)

    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.

  • 15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.

  • 13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.

  • 44 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you shall move from your place and follow it.

  • 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.

  • 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

  • 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

  • Num 14:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

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

  • 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and camped in Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.

  • 15 And he said to him, If your presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here.

  • 14 And it came to pass, when the people moved from their tents, to cross over the Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

  • 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

  • 10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

  • 71%

    9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

    10 But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us."

  • 71%

    23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you have warned us, saying, Set boundaries about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24 And the LORD said to him, Away, get down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you, but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.

  • Num 9:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19 And when the cloud lingered long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey.

    20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the command of the LORD they remained in their tents, and according to the command of the LORD they journeyed.

  • 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • 13 And they first set out according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

  • Num 9:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22 Or whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud lingered upon the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained in their tents and did not journey: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

    23 At the command of the LORD they remained in the tents, and at the command of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • 28 Thus were the journeys of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

  • 30 And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  • 41 They departed from Mount Hor, and camped in Zalmonah.

  • 3 No one shall come up with you, nor let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds graze in front of that mountain.

  • 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel set out: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

  • 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

  • 20 And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the LORD to war,

  • 25 And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

  • 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

  • 20 And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.