1 A nd all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

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

2 a nd all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!

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 why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to 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 say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

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

5 A nd Moses falleth -- Aaron also -- on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons 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 son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,

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 speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, a very very 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 hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing 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, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah 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 A nd all the company say to stone them with stones, and the honour of Jehovah hath appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the sons 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 saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?

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 smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'

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 saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,

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 have said unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen -- O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, -- and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them 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 ` And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,

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

16 F rom Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter 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 ` And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, 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 slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third, and on a fourth; --

‘ 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 f orgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with 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 saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word;

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

21 a nd yet, I live -- and it is filled -- the whole earth -- the honour of Jehovah;

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

22 f or all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try 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 t hey see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising 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 a nd My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me -- I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth 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 ` And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of 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 speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

27 ` Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;

“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, I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- if, as ye have spoken in Mine ears -- so I do not 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 i n this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who 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 y e -- ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua 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 ` As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

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 a s to you -- your carcases do fall in this wilderness,

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

33 a nd your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are 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 b y the number of the days which ye spied the land, forty days, -- a day for a year, a day for a year -- ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;

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, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; -- in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they 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 hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning 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 the men bringing out an evil account of the land die 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 a nd Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go 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 speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

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

40 a nd they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we, and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, 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 saith, `Why this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth 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 in your midst, and ye are not smitten 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 the Amalekite and the Canaanite there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not 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 A nd they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst 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 A nd the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down -- 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.