Numbers 14:41

But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lord? it will not so come well to passe.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

In Context

40And they rose vp earely in the morning, and gate them vp into the toppe of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be readie, to goe vp to the place which the Lord hath promised: for wee haue sinned.

42Goe not vp (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:19Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?

Job 4:9With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.

Jeremiah 32:5And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babel, and there shall he be, vntil I visit him, saith ye Lord: though ye fight with the Caldeans, ye shall not prosper.

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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