Numbers 14:27

How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

28Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you:

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Cross References

Exodus 16:12The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 14:11And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

Matthew 17:7And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

1 Corinthians 10:10And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:21-36

God's Answer to Moses; The Israelites Threatened. ( b. c. 1490.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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