Numbers 14:15

Numbers 14:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

Context of Numbers 14:15

13But Moses said to the Lord, “What if the Egyptians hear about it? (You used your power to take these people away from them.) 14What if the Egyptians tell the people who live in this land? Lord, they have already heard that you are with these people, that they have seen you with their own eyes, that your column of smoke stays over them, and that you go ahead of them in a column of smoke by day and in a column of fire by night. But if you kill all these people at the same time, then the nations who have heard these reports about you will say, 16‘The Lord wasn’t able to bring these people into the land he promised them, so he slaughtered them in the desert.’ 17“Lord, let your power be as great as when you said,

Numbers 14:15 word by word

וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה אֶת־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou shalt killמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• then the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• which have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the fameשֵׁ֫מַעshêma‛ · reportH8088
• of thee will speakאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 14:15

• Judges 6:16The Lord replied, “I will be with you. You will defeat Midian as if it were ⌞only⌟ one man.”

Commentaries on Numbers 14:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions. He speaks here as if in momentary apprehension of an outbreak of God‘s wrath, unless he could perhaps arrest it by crowding in every topic of deprecation and intercession that he could mention on the instant.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. 13-25Moses spoke to God on behalf of his people. He reminded God that his reputation related to Israel's. He pleaded for God to continue his faithfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-451. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:15

• Intercession
• Israel
• Moses
• Prayer
• Unselfishness

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• Fame
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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