Numbers 14:12

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

10But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the Tabernacle. 11And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!” 13But Moses objected. “What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the Lord. “They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt. 14Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, Lord, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.

Numbers 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 16:46And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”
• Numbers 25:9but not before 24,000 people had died.
• Exodus 5:3But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”
• 2 Samuel 24:1Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.
• Exodus 32:10Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”

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

Topics related to Numbers 14:12

• Caleb
• Courage
• Disobedience to God
• Intercession
• Moses
• Trouble
• Unselfishness

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Exodus
• Mercy
• Tell
• Waste
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

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