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Numbers 14:12
12I will send a disease to kill them. They will not get any of the good things that I wanted to give to them. Then I will make you, Moses, the ancestor of a nation greater and more powerful than they are.’
Numbers 14:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
- New International Version (NIV)I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
Context of Numbers 14:12
10Then all the people wanted to throw stones at Joshua and Caleb to kill them. But the glory of the Lord appeared over the Tent of Meeting. All the Israelites could see that. 11The Lord said to Moses, ‘These people continue to turn away from me. I did great miracles to show them my power. But still they will not trust me. I will send a disease to kill them. They will not get any of the good things that I wanted to give to them. Then I will make you, Moses, the ancestor of a nation greater and more powerful than they are.’ 13Moses said to the Lord, ‘Please do not do that! You used your great power to bring these people out of Egypt. If you destroy them, the Egyptians will hear about it. 14Then they will tell the people who live in this land about it. They know that you, Lord, are among your people. They know that you meet with your people. They know that your cloud stays over them. They know that you lead them as a pillar of cloud during the day and as a pillar of fire during the night.
Read all of Numbers 14Numbers 14:12 word by word
אַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַדֶּ֖בֶר וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֹֽתְךָ֔ לְגוֹי־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- them with the pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
- and disinheritיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- them, and will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- of thee a greaterגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- and mightierעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
Cross-references for Numbers 14:12
- Numbers 16:46Moses said to Aaron, ‘Pick up your pot. Take coals with fire from the altar and put incense with them in the pot. Then take it quickly among all the people. Remove their sin so that God will forgive them. Be quick! The Lord is so angry with the people that he is already punishing them with a bad disease!’
- Numbers 25:9But 24,000 people had already died as a result of the disease.
- Exodus 5:3Moses and Aaron said, ‘The God of the Israelites has met us. Please let us go. We must go on a journey of three days into the desert. There we must give gifts to the Lord our God. If we do not do this, God may punish us. We may become very ill, or people may attack us in war.’
- 2 Samuel 24:1The Lord again became angry with the Israelites. So he caused David to bring trouble to them. He said to David, ‘Send men to count the people in Israel and Judah.’
- Exodus 32:10I am very angry with them and I will destroy them. Do not try to stop me. I will make your descendants into a great nation, instead of them.’
Commentaries on Numbers 14:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And disinherit them - By the proposed extinction of Israel the blessings of the covenant would revert to their original donor.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12God is patient, but he will not tolerate open rebellion from his people (see Exodus 32:7–10). In the New Testament, the writer of Hebrews mentions this event to strengthen the faith of Christians whose trust in the gospel was weakening (Hebrews 3:7–19; 12:3, 25; see also Psalm 95:8–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. the Lord said, ... I will smite them with the pestilence--not a final decree, but a threatening, suspended, as appeared from the issue, on the intercession of Moses and the repentance of Israel.Read the comment
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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
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