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 voice 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 God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole congregation said unto them, Oh, that we might die in the land of Egypt or that we might die in this wilderness!

3 A nd 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?

And why has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? Would it not be better for us to return into Egypt?

4 A nd they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into 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 the congregation of the children of Israel.

¶ Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before 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, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, who were of those that had spied out the land, rent their clothes;

7 A nd 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.

and they spoke unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceeding good land.

8 I f 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.

If the LORD delights in 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 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.

Therefore, do not be rebels against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are our bread; their defence is departed 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 the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

Then all the multitude spoke of stoning them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the testimony before all the sons of Israel.

11 A nd 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?

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? How long will it be before they believe me, with all the signs which I have done among them?

12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation 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 A nd Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou didst bring this people out of the midst of them with thy might;

14 A nd 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.

and the inhabitants of this land will say, for they have already heard that thou, oh LORD, wast among this people, that thou, O LORD, art seen face to face, and that thy cloud was over them, and that thou didst go before them by day time in a pillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night;

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

and that thou hast caused all this people to die as one man; and the Gentiles who have heard of thy fame will speak, saying,

16 B ecause 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.

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore unto them; therefore, he has slain them in the wilderness.

17 A nd now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, 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 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.

The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.

19 P ardon, 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.

Pardon now the iniquity of this people according to 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 thy word:

¶ Then the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word.

21 B ut as truly as I live, 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 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;

Because all those men who saw my glory and my signs which I have done 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 sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of those that provoked 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 slave Caleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he proved to follow after me, I will bring him into the land that he entered into, and his seed shall receive it by inheritance,

25 ( 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.

and even the Amalekite and the Canaanite who dwell in the valley. Turn around tomorrow and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 A nd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

27 H ow 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.

How long shall I hear this evil congregation, which murmurs against me, the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against me?

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

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, according as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

29 Y our 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.

Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me;

30 D oubtless 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.

doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 B ut 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.

But your little ones, whom ye said should be a prey, I will bring them in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

32 B ut as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

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

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

And your children shall be shepherded in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications until your carcasses are wasted in the wilderness.

34 A fter 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.

After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, each day for a year, ye shall bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know my reason for annulling my promise.

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.

I, the LORD, have spoken, 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, 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,

¶ And the men, whom Moses had sent to spy out 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 that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

even those men that brought an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

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

But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of the men that went to spy out the land.

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

And Moses told these things unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.

40 A nd 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.

And they rose up early in the morning and climbed up into the top of the mountain, saying, Here we are prepared to go up unto the place of which the LORD has spoken; for we have sinned.

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

And Moses said, Why do ye break the commandment of the LORD? This also shall not prosper.

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

Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you; do not be smitten before your enemies.

43 F or 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.

For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye are turned away from following the LORD, therefore, the LORD will not be with you.

44 B ut 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.

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top; nevertheless, the ark of the covenant of the LORD and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.

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

Then the Amalekite came down and the Canaanite who dwelt in that hill and smote them and defeated them, pursuing them unto Hormah.