Numbers 14:18
Hashem is slow of anger, and of rav chesed, forgiving avon and peysha, and by no means exonerating the guilty, visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17And now, I beseech thee, let the Ko'ach Adonoi be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And Hashem passed by before him, and proclaimed, Hashem, Hashem El Rachum v'Channun, slow to anger, and abundant in chesed and emes,
Job 21:19Eloah layeth up his iniquity for his banim; 1 He payeth him back, and he shall know it. 1
Psalms 103:8Hashem is rachum and channun, 1 slow to anger, and plenteous in chesed. 1
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel against the ro'im that shepherd My people; Ye have scattered My tzon, and driven them away, and have not attended to them; hineni, I will attend to you for the rah of your doings, saith Hashem.
Lamentations 5:7Avoteinu have sinned, and are no more; 1 and we have borne their iniquities. 1
Micah 7:18Mee El kamocha (Who is a G-d like unto Thee), removing avon, 1 and passing over peysha of the She'erit of His Nachalah? Hashem retaineth not His anger forever, 1 because He delighteth in chesed. 1
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 →