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

13Moses said to Adonai, “The Egyptians will hear about it, because You brought up this people by Your power from among them. 14They will tell the residents of this land about it. Already they have heard that You, Adonai, are in the midst of this people, that You, Adonai, have been seen eye to eye, that Your cloud remains over them, and that in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night You go before them. If you kill these people all at once, the nations who have heard this report about You will say, 16‘Because Adonai was unable to bring this people to the land He had promised them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 17“So please, let Adonai show His strength, just as You have spoken saying,

Numbers 14:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou shalt killמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• then the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• which have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the fameשֵׁ֫מַעshêma‛ · reportH8088
• of thee will speakאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 14:15

• Judges 6:16But Adonai said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you will strike down Midian as if it were 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

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• 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