Numbers 14:37

Numbers 14:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

Context of Numbers 14:37

35I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’ ” 36As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation murmur and complain against him by bringing back a bad report concerning the land, even those [ten] men who brought back the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the Lord. 38But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. 39Moses spoke the Lord’s words to all the Israelites, and the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 14:37 word by word

וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even thoseאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that did bring upיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• reportדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
• upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• by the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 14:37

• Numbers 14:12I will strike them with the pestilence (plague) and dispossess them, and will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”
• Numbers 16:49But those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died because of Korah.
• Numbers 25:9Nevertheless, those [Israelites] who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
• Jeremiah 28:16Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am about to send you away from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken and counseled rebellion against the Lord.’ ”
• Jeremiah 29:32therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He will not have anyone [born] to live among this people, nor will he see the good that I am about to do to My people,” says the Lord, “because he has spoken and preached rebellion against the Lord.” ’ ”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not murmur [in unwarranted discontent], as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroyer.
• Hebrews 3:17And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
• Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you are fully informed once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe [who refused to trust and obey and rely on Him].

Commentaries on Numbers 14:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Those men that did bring up the evil report died - Thus ten of the twelve that searched out the land were struck dead, by the justice of God, on the spot! Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, and Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim, alone escaped, because they had followed God fully. Let preachers of God's word take heed how they straiten the way of salvation, or render, by unjust description, that way perplexed and difficult which God has made plain and easy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-39Verses 36-39 Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-3836-38. those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord--Ten of the spies struck dead on the spot--either by the pestilence or some other judgment. This great and appalling mortality clearly betokened the hand of the Lord.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:37

• Decision
• Holy Spirit
• Israel
• Judgments
• Murmuring
• Plague
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• Ammiel
• Caleb
• Exodus
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• Plague
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• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings