Numbers 14:20

Numbers 14:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord said, "I have pardoned, according to your word.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, according to your word;

Context of Numbers 14:20

18‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’ 19Please forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” So the Lord said, “I have forgiven them in accordance with your word; 21however, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22Certainly all the people who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

Numbers 14:20 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה סָלַ֖חְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• So the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I have forgivenסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
• in accordance with your wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Commentaries on Numbers 14:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20I have pardoned - That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The Lord granted the prayer of Moses so far as not at once to destroy the congregation. But disbelief of the promise forbids the benefit. Those who despise the pleasant land shall be shut out of it. The promise of God should be fulfilled to their children. They wished to die in the wilderness; God made their sin their ruin, took them at their word, and their carcases fell in the wilderness. They were made to groan under the burden of their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-25Because Moses argued with God, God forgave Israel's rebellion and did not destroy them. Yet, the stubborn generation of adults would never see the promised land.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

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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