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

Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

2 A nd all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “ Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

3 A nd wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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

So they said to one another, “ Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

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

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

6 A nd Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

7 a nd they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “ The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

8 I f Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

If the Lord is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us— a land which flows with milk and honey.

9 O nly rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.

Only do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

10 B ut all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel. Moses Pleads for the People

11 A nd Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?

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

I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

13 A nd Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

But Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst,

14 a nd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest 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. They have heard that You, O Lord, are in the midst of this people, for You, O Lord, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

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

Now if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

16 B ecause Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

‘Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

17 A nd now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared,

18 J ehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

‘ The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

19 P ardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” The Lord Pardons and Rebukes

20 A nd Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

So the Lord said, “ I have pardoned them according to your word;

21 b ut in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

22 b ecause all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

23 s urely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.

24 b ut 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.

But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.

25 N ow the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

26 A nd Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

27 H ow long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me.

28 S ay unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Say to them, ‘ As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

29 y our dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,

your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

30 s urely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 B ut your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.

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

But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness.

33 A nd your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.

34 A fter the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.

According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.

35 I , Jehovah, 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.

I, the Lord, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.’”

36 A nd the men, whom 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,

As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land,

37 e ven those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the Lord.

38 B ut Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. Israel Repulsed

39 A nd Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

40 A nd they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, “ Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised.”

41 A nd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

But Moses said, “ Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the Lord, when it will not succeed?

42 G o not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.

43 F or there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following the Lord. And the Lord will not be with you.”

44 B ut they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

But they went up heedlessly to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses left the camp.

45 T hen the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.