Numbers 14:42
Don't try and go, otherwise you will be killed by your enemies, because the Lord isn't with you.
Free Bible 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
41But Moses objected. “Why are you disobeying the Lord's command? You won't succeed in your plan!
Cross References
Joshua 7:8Excuse me, Lord, but what can I say now that Israel has turned tail and run away from its enemies?
Judges 16:20She shouted out, “Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!” Samson woke up and thought to himself, “I'll do like before and shake myself free.” But he didn't know that the Lord had left him.
Psalms 44:1God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
Psalms 89:43You have repelled his sharp sword; you have not helped him in battle.
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 →