Numbers 14:7-24

7and saidH559 toH413 the wholeH3605 congregationH5712H1121 of IsraelH3478H559, “The landH776 we passed throughH5674 and exploredH8446 is an exceedinglyH3966 goodH2896 landH776. 8IfH518 the LORDH3068 delightsH2654 in us, He will bringH935 usH853 intoH413 thisH2063 landH776, a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, and He will give itH5414 to us. 9OnlyH389 do notH408 rebelH4775H859 against the LORDH3068, and do notH408 be afraidH3372 of the peopleH5971 of the landH776, forH3588 they will be like bread for usH3899H1992. Their protectionH6738 has been removedH5493H5921, and the LORDH3068 is with usH854. Do notH408 be afraid of themH3372!”

10But the wholeH3605 congregationH5712 threatenedH559 to stoneH7275 Joshua and Caleb.

Then the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068 appearedH7200 toH413 allH3605 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 at the TentH168 of MeetingH4150. 11And the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872, “How longH5704H575 will thisH2088 peopleH5971 treat Me with contemptH5006? How longH5704H575 will they refuseH3808 to believeH539 in Me, despite allH3605 the signsH226 I have performedH6213 among themH7130? 12I will strike themH5221 with a plagueH1698 and destroy themH3423—and I will makeH6213 youH853 into a nationH1471 greaterH1419 and mightierH6099 than they areH4480.”

13But MosesH4872 saidH559 toH413 the LORDH3068, “The EgyptiansH4713 will hearH8085 of itH3588, for by Your strengthH3581 You broughtH5927 thisH2088 peopleH5971 from among themH7130. 14And they will tell itH559 toH413 the inhabitantsH3427 of thisH2063 landH776. They have already heardH8085 thatH3588 YouH859, O LORDH3068, are in the midstH7130 of thisH2088 peopleH5971, thatH834 YouH859, O LORDH3068, have been seenH7200 faceH5869 to faceH5869, that Your cloudH6051 standsH5975 over themH5921, and that YouH859 goH1980 before themH6440 in a pillarH5982 of cloudH6051 by dayH3119 and a pillarH5982 of fireH784 by nightH3915.

15If You killH4191 thisH2088 peopleH5971 as oneH259 manH376, the nationsH1471 whoH834 have heardH8085 of Your fameH8088H559 will sayH559, 16‘Because the LORDH3068 was unableH1115H3201 to bringH935 thisH2088 peopleH5971 intoH413 the landH776 He swore to giveH7650 them, He has slaughtered themH7819 in the wildernessH4057.’

17So nowH6258 I prayH4994, may the powerH3581 of my LordH136 be magnifiedH1431, just asH834 You have declaredH1696H559: 18‘The LORDH3068 is slowH750 to angerH639 and aboundingH7227 in loving devotionH2617,1 forgivingH5375 iniquityH5771 and transgressionH6588. Yet He will by no meansH3808H5352 leave the guilty unpunishedH5352; He will visitH6485 the iniquityH5771 of the fathersH1 uponH5921 their childrenH1121 toH5921 the thirdH8029H5921 and fourthH7256 generation.’

19PardonH5545, I prayH4994, the iniquityH5771 of thisH2088 peopleH5971, in keeping with the greatnessH1433 of Your loving devotionH2617, just asH834 You have forgivenH5375 them everH5704 sinceH2008 they left EgyptH4714.”

20“I have pardoned themH5545 as you requestedH1697,” the LORDH3068 repliedH559. 21“YetH199 as surely as IH589 liveH2416 and as surely as the wholeH3605 earthH776 is filledH4390 with the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068, 22not one of the menH582 who have seenH7200 My gloryH3519 and the signsH226 I performedH6213 in EgyptH4714 and in the wildernessH4057—yet have testedH5254 MeH853 and disobeyedH3808H8085 MeH6963 theseH2088 tenH6235 timesH6471— 23not oneH518 will ever seeH7200 the landH776 thatH834 I sworeH7650 to give their fathersH1. NoneH3605H3808 of those who have treated Me with contemptH5006 will see itH7200.

24But becauseH6118 My servantH5650 CalebH3612 hasH1961H5973 a differentH312 spiritH7307 and has followed MeH310 wholeheartedlyH4390, I will bring himH935 intoH413 the landH776 he has enteredH935H8033, and his descendantsH2233 will inherit itH3423.