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, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people up from their midst, 14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are in the midst of this people, because You, Lord, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if You put this people to death all at once, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, 16‘Since the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 17So now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,

Numbers 14:15 word by word

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

• Now if You putמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• allאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• at onceאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• then the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• of Your fameשֵׁ֫מַעshêma‛ · reportH8088
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 14:15

• Judges 6:16Yet the Lord said to him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will defeat Midian as 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

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Tell
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Fame
• Genealogy

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