Numbers 14:39

And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.

40and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, 'Here we [are], and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

Matthew 8:12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness — there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the 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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