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Numbers 14

Numbers 14 records Israel’s decisive refusal to enter Canaan. The congregation weeps, speaks of returning to Egypt, and threatens Joshua and Caleb, while the glory of the LORD appears. Moses intercedes, appealing to God’s name and character. The LORD pardons in response to Moses’ plea yet still sentences the unbelieving generation to die in the wilderness, with forty years corresponding to the forty days of spying. When some later attempt to enter presumptuously without God, they are defeated.

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Numbers 14 records Israel’s decisive refusal to enter Canaan. The congregation weeps, speaks of returning to Egypt, and threatens Joshua and Caleb, while the glory of the LORD appears. Moses intercedes, appealing to God’s name and character. The LORD pardons in response to Moses’ plea yet still sentences the unbelieving generation to die in the wilderness, with forty years corresponding to the forty days of spying. When some later attempt to enter presumptuously without God, they are defeated.

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Verses 1–4The congregation weeps and wants to return to EgyptVerses 5–10Joshua and Caleb urge the people to trust the LORDVerses 11–19Moses intercedes when the LORD threatens judgmentVerses 20–35The unbelieving generation is sentenced to forty years in the wildernessVerses 36–45The ten spies die and Israel’s attempted invasion fails
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1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;…2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and…3And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land,…4And they said one to another, Let us make a…5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all…6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son…7And they spake unto all the company of the children…8If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring…9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye…10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And…11And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this…12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them,…13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall…14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this…15Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one…16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people…17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my…18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity…19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according…20And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy…21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall…22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and…23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware…24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with…25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)…26And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which…28Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the…29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that…30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which…31But your little ones, which ye said should be a…32But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in…33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,…34After the number of the days in which ye searched…35I the LORD have said, I will surely do it…36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land,…37Even those men that did bring up the evil report…38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son…39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of…40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat…41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment…42Go not up, for the LORD is not among you;…43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you,…44But they presumed to go up unto the hill top:…45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt…