Numbers 14:16

Because Hashem was not able to bring this people into HaAretz which He promised them by oath, therefore He hath slaughtered (shachat) them in the midbar.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Now if Thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the Goyim which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying,

17And now, I beseech thee, let the Ko'ach Adonoi be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:28Lest ha'aretz whence Thou broughtest us out say, Because Hashem was not able to bring them into ha'aretz which He promised them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the midbar.

Joshua 7:7And Yehoshua said, Alas, Adonoi Hashem, why hast Thou at all brought HaAm Hazeh over the Yarden, to deliver us into the yad HaEmori, to destroy us? If only we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Yarden!

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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