Numbers 14:37

Numbers 14:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

Context of Numbers 14:37

35I, the Lord, have said, “I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!”’” 36The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land, those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord. 38But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived. 39When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 14:37 word by word

וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even thoseאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that did bring upיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• reportדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
• upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• by the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 14:37

• Numbers 14:12I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”
• Numbers 16:49Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.
• Numbers 25:9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
• Jeremiah 28:16So the Lord says, ‘I will most assuredly remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.’”
• Jeremiah 29:32Because he has done this,” the Lord says, “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord.”’”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
• Hebrews 3:17And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?
• Jude 1:5Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.

Commentaries on Numbers 14:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Those men that did bring up the evil report died - Thus ten of the twelve that searched out the land were struck dead, by the justice of God, on the spot! Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, and Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim, alone escaped, because they had followed God fully. Let preachers of God's word take heed how they straiten the way of salvation, or render, by unjust description, that way perplexed and difficult which God has made plain and easy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-39Verses 36-39 Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-3836-38. those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord--Ten of the spies struck dead on the spot--either by the pestilence or some other judgment. This great and appalling mortality clearly betokened the hand of the Lord.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:37

• Decision
• Holy Spirit
• Israel
• Judgments
• Murmuring
• Plague
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• Ammiel
• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Plague
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• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of

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