1 A nd all the congregation cried out with a loud voice, and wept that night.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

2 A ll the Israelites grumbled and deplored their situation, accusing Moses and Aaron, to whom the whole congregation said, Would that we had died in Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!

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!

3 W hy does the Lord bring us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will be a prey. Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

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?

4 A nd they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt.

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

5 T hen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of Israelites.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 A nd Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the scouts who had searched the land, rent their clothes,

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

7 A nd they said to all the company of Israelites, The land through which we passed as scouts is an exceedingly good land.

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.

8 I f the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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.

9 O nly do not rebel against the Lord, neither fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense and the shadow is removed from over them, but the Lord is with us. Fear them not.

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.

10 B ut all the congregation said to stone with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the Tent of Meeting before all the Israelites.

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.

11 A nd the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people provoke (spurn, despise) Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me, for all the signs which I have performed among them?

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 shewed among them?

12 I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

13 B ut Moses said to the Lord, Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for You brought up this people in Your might from among them.

And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

14 A nd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are in the midst of this people, that You, Lord, are seen face to face, and that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

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.

15 N ow if You kill all this people as one man, then the nations that have heard Your fame will say,

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

16 B ecause the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to give to them, therefore He has slain them in the wilderness.

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.

17 A nd now, I pray You, let the power of my Lord be great, as You have promised, saying,

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 T he Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.

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.

19 P ardon, I pray You, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness, just as You have forgiven from Egypt until now.

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.

20 A nd the Lord said, I have pardoned according to your word.

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

21 B ut truly as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,

But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

22 B ecause all those men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested and proved Me these ten times and have not heeded My voice,

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;

23 S urely they shall not see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; nor shall any who provoked (spurned, despised) Me see it.

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

24 B ut My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

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.

25 N ow because the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 A nd the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

27 H ow long will this evil congregation murmur against Me? I have heard the complaints the Israelites murmur against Me.

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.

28 T ell them, As I live, says the Lord, what you have said in My hearing I will do to you:

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 Y our dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness—of all who were numbered of you, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me,

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.

30 S urely none shall come into the land in which I swore to make you dwell, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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.

31 B ut your little ones whom you said would be a prey, them will I bring in and they shall know the land which you have despised and rejected.

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.

32 B ut as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

33 A nd your children shall be wanderers and shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and shall suffer for your whoredoms (your infidelity to your espoused God), until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness.

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

34 A fter the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for each day a year shall you bear and suffer for your iniquities, even for forty years, and you shall know My displeasure.

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.

35 I the Lord have spoken; surely this will I do to all this evil congregation who is gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and here they shall die.

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.

36 A nd the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble and complain against him by bringing back a slanderous report of the land,

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,

37 E ven those men who brought the evil report of the land died by a plague before the Lord.

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

38 B ut Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to search the land, lived still.

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.

39 M oses told words to all the Israelites, and mourned greatly.

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

40 A nd they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we intend to go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned.

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.

41 B ut Moses said, Why now do you transgress the command of the Lord, since it will not succeed?

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord ? but it shall not prosper.

42 G o not up, for the Lord is not among you, that you be not struck down before your enemies.

Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

43 F or the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from following after the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

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.

44 B ut they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country; however, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp.

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.

45 T hen the Amalekites came down and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country and smote the Israelites and beat them back, even as far as Hormah.

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.