Numbers 14:13

Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.

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In The King James Version

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

In Context

12I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you LORD are among this people; for you LORD are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:26I prayed to the LORD, and said, “Lord GOD, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Joshua 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?

Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

Ezekiel 20:14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

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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