Numbers 14:36

Therefore all the men which Moses had sent to see the land, and which turned again, and made all the multitude to grouch against him, and depraved the land, (And so all the men whom Moses had sent to look over the land, and returned, and then had made all the multitude to grumble against him, and to despise the land,)

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

35For as I spake, so I shall do to all this worst multitude, that rose (up) together against me; it shall fail (or they shall fail), and shall die in this wilderness.

37that it was evil, were dead, and smitten in the sight of the Lord + 14:37 That is, suddenly and horribly, by the sentence of the Lord, (and) to the dread of (the) other men. (by saying that it was evil, were then struck by the Lord with a pestilence, or a plague, and died.)

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Cross References

Numbers 13:4Of the lineage of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.

Numbers 20:3and they were turned into dissension, that is, rebelty and striving, (or that is, rebellion and strife), and said, We would that we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:21-36

God's Answer to Moses; The Israelites Threatened. ( b. c. 1490.) 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see… Read the whole commentary →

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