Numbers 14:17

And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

In Context

16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.

18The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

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Cross References

Micah 3:8But I truly am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of justice, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:12-20

The Intercession of Moses. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 And Moses said unto the Lord , Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of… Read the whole commentary →

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