Numbers 14:18
The Lord is long-suffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
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In Context
17And now, O Lord, let thy strength be exalted, as thou spokest, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, long-suffering and very compassionate, and true,
Job 21:19Let his substance fail to supply his children: 1 God shall recompense him, and he shall know it. 1
Psalms 103:8They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, 1 To the place which thou hast founded for them. 1
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith the Lord against them that tend my people; Ye have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and ye have not visited them: behold, I will take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned, and are not: 1 We have borne their iniquities. 1
Micah 7:18Who is a God like thee, canceling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
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 →