Numbers 14:39

Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

In Context

38But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

40They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised; for we have sinned.”

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.

Matthew 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:37-45

Death of the Evil Spies. ( b. c. 1490.) 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord . 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned… Read the whole commentary →

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