Numbers 14:41

And Moses said to them: “Why do you transgress the word of the Lord, merely because it will not result in prosperity for you?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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.”

42Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:19Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

Job 4:9perishing by the breath of God, and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.

Jeremiah 32:5And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon. And he will be there until I visit him, says the Lord. So then, if you contend against the Chaldeans, you will have no success.’”

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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