Numbers 14:17

So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

Majority Standard Bible

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

16‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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Cross References

Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Matthew 9:8When the crowds saw this, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

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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