Numbers 14:42
Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 7:8My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?
Judges 16:20And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
Psalms 44:1Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved.
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 →