04_NUM_14_01 And all the congregation lifted up their voice , And cried ; And the people wept that night .
04_NUM_14_02 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses And against Aaron : And the whole congregation said unto them , would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness !
04_NUM_14_03 And Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land , to fall by the sword , that our wives And our children should be A prey ? were it not Better for us to Return into Egypt ?
04_NUM_14_04 And they said one to another , let us make A captain , And let us Return into Egypt .
04_NUM_14_05 Then Moses And Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel .
04_NUM_14_06 And Joshua the son of Nun , And Caleb the son of Jephunneh , [ which were ] of them that searched the land , rent their clothes :
04_NUM_14_07 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel , saying , the land , which we passed through to search it , [ Is ] an exceeding good land .
04_NUM_14_08 if the LORD delight in us , Then he will bring us into this land , And give it us ; A land which floweth with milk And honey .
04_NUM_14_09 only rebel not ye against the LORD , neither Fear ye the people of the land ; for they [ are ] bread for us : their defence Is departed from them , And the LORD [ Is ] with us : Fear them not .
04_NUM_14_10 but all the congregation bade stone them with stones . And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel .
04_NUM_14_11 And the LORD said unto Moses , how long will this people provoke me ? And how long will it be ere they believe me , for all the signs which I have showed among them ?
04_NUM_14_12 I will smite them with the pestilence , And disinherit them , And will make of thee A greater nation And mightier than they .
04_NUM_14_13 And Moses said unto the LORD , Then the Egyptians shall hear [ it ] , [ for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ; ]
04_NUM_14_14 And they will tell [ it ] to the inhabitants of this land : [ for ] they have heard that thou LORD [ art ] among this people , that thou LORD art seen face to face , And [ that ] thy cloud standeth over them , And [ that ] thou goest before them , by day time in A pillar of A cloud , And in A pillar of fire by night .
04_NUM_14_15 now [ if ] thou shalt kill [ all ] this people as one man , Then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak , saying ,
04_NUM_14_16 because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them , therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness .
04_NUM_14_17 And now , I beseech thee , let the power of my LORD be great , according as thou hast spoken , saying ,
04_NUM_14_18 the LORD [ Is ] longsuffering , And of great mercy , forgiving iniquity And transgression , And by no means clearing [ the guilty ] , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third And fourth [ generation ] .
04_NUM_14_19 pardon , I beseech thee , the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy , And as thou hast forgiven this people , from Egypt even until now .
04_NUM_14_20 And the LORD said , I have pardoned according to thy word :
04_NUM_14_21 but [ as ] truly [ as ] I live , all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD .
04_NUM_14_22 because all those men which have seen my glory , And my miracles , which I did in Egypt And in the wilderness , And have tempted me now These ten times , And have not hearkened to my voice ;
04_NUM_14_23 surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers , neither shall any of them that provoked me see it :
04_NUM_14_24 but my servant Caleb , because he had another spirit with him , And hath followed me fully , him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; And his seed shall possess it .
04_NUM_14_25 [ now the Amalekites And the Canaanites dwelt in the valley . ] to morrow turn you , And get you into the wilderness by the way of the red sea .
04_NUM_14_26 And the LORD spake unto Moses And unto Aaron , saying ,
04_NUM_14_27 how long [ shall I bear with ] this evil congregation , which murmur against me ? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel , which they murmur against me .
04_NUM_14_28 say unto them , [ as truly as ] I live , saith the LORD , as ye have spoken in mine ears , So will I do to you :
04_NUM_14_29 your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; And all that were numbered of you , according to your whole number , from twenty years old And upward , which have murmured against me ,
04_NUM_14_30 doubtless ye shall not come into the land , [ concerning ] which I sware to make you dwell therein , save Caleb the son of Jephunneh , And Joshua the son of Nun .
04_NUM_14_31 but your little ones , which ye said should be A prey , them will I bring in , And they shall know the land which ye have despised .
04_NUM_14_32 but [ as for ] you , your carcases , they shall fall in this wilderness .
04_NUM_14_33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years , And bear your whoredoms , until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness .
04_NUM_14_34 after the number of the days in which ye searched the land , [ even ] forty days , each day for A year , shall ye bear your iniquities , [ even ] forty years , And ye shall know my Breach of promise .
04_NUM_14_35 I the LORD have said , I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation , that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be consumed , And there they shall die .
04_NUM_14_36 And the men , which Moses sent to search the land , who returned , And made all the congregation to murmur against him , by bringing up A slander upon the land ,
04_NUM_14_37 even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land , died by the plague before the LORD .
04_NUM_14_38 but Joshua the son of Nun , And Caleb the son of Jephunneh , [ which were ] of the men that went to search the land , lived [ still ] .
04_NUM_14_39 And Moses told These sayings unto all the children of Israel : And the people mourned greatly .
04_NUM_14_40 And they rose up early in the morning , And gat them up into the top of the mountain , saying , Lo , we [ be here ] , And will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised : for we have sinned .
04_NUM_14_41 And Moses said , Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD ? but it shall not prosper .
04_NUM_14_42 go not up , for the LORD [ Is ] not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies .
04_NUM_14_43 for the Amalekites And the Canaanites [ are ] there before you , And ye shall fall by the sword : because ye are turned away from the LORD , therefore the LORD will not be with you .
04_NUM_14_44 but they presumed to go up unto the hill top : Nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD , And Moses , departed not out of the camp .
04_NUM_14_45 Then the Amalekites came down , And the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill , And smote them , And discomfited them , [ even ] unto Hormah .