Numbers 14:16

Because Yahweh, was not able, to bring in this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, therefore did he slay them in the desert.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

In Context

15As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak saying:

17Now, therefore, I beseech thee let the might of My Lord, be magnified,—according as thou didst speak saying:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:28lest the land out of which thou hast brought us forth say, Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them,—and because he hated them, took he them forth to put them to death in the desert.

Joshua 7:7And Joshua said—Alas! My Lord Yahweh! Wherefore hast thou, brought, this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? Would then we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan!

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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