Numbers 14:40
And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
39And Moses spoke all these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:41But return you and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 13:25But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
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 →