Numbers 14:41

Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of the Lord, since it shall not prosper?

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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

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."

42Do not go up, for the Lord isn't among you; that you not be struck down before your enemies.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:19Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?"

Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish.By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Jeremiah 32:5and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he shall be there until I visit him," says the Lord: "though you fight with the Chaldeans, you 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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