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 spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36And the men, which Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land. 39And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

Numbers 14:37 word by word

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

• evenאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• thoseאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• reportדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 14:37

• Numbers 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
• Numbers 16:49Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
• Numbers 25:9And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
• Jeremiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against the LORD.
• Jeremiah 29:32therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith the LORD: because he hath spoken rebellion against the LORD.
• 1 Corinthians 10:10Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
• Hebrews 3:17And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
• Jude 1:5Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, how that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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
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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