Numbers 14:39

And Moses spoke all these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

38But only Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, out of all those who had journeyed to examine the land.

40And behold, rising up at first light, they climbed to the top of the mountain, and they said, “We are prepared to ascend to the place, about which the Lord has spoken, for we have sinned.”

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God.

Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:37-45

Death of the Evil Spies. ( b. c. 1490.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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