< Numbers 14 >
1 That night, all the Israeli people cried loudly.
and to lift: loud all [the] congregation and to give: cry out [obj] voice: sound their and to weep [the] people in/on/with night [the] he/she/it
2 The next day they all complained to Aaron and Moses/me. All the men said, “We wish that we had died in Egypt, or in this desert!
and to grumble upon Moses and upon Aaron all son: descendant/people Israel and to say to(wards) them all [the] congregation if to die in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt or in/on/with wilderness [the] this if to die
3 Why is Yahweh bringing us to this land, where we men will be killed with swords? And our wives and children will be taken away [to be slaves]. [Instead of going to Canaan]. It would be better for us to return to Egypt!”
and to/for what? LORD to come (in): bring [obj] us to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for to fall: kill in/on/with sword woman: wife our and child our to be to/for plunder not pleasant to/for us to return: return Egypt [to]
4 Then [some of] them said to each other, “We should choose a leader who will take us back to Egypt!”
and to say man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his to give: put head: leader and to return: return Egypt [to]
5 Then Aaron and Moses/I bowed down [to pray] in front of all the Israeli people who had gathered there.
and to fall: fall Moses and Aaron upon face their to/for face: before all assembly congregation son: descendant/people Israel
6 Joshua and Caleb, two of the men who had explored the land, tore their clothes [because they were very dismayed].
and Joshua son: child Nun and Caleb son: child Jephunneh from [the] to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet to tear garment their
7 They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good.
and to say to(wards) all congregation son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say [the] land: country/planet which to pass in/on/with her to/for to spy [obj] her pleasant [the] land: country/planet much much
8 If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us into that very fertile [IDM] land, and he will give it to us.
if to delight in in/on/with us LORD and to come (in): bring [obj] us to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to give: give her to/for us land: country/planet which he/she/it to flow: flowing milk and honey
9 So do not rebel against Yahweh! And do not be afraid of the people in that land! We will (gobble them up/completely destroy them) [MET]! They do not have anyone who will protect them, but Yahweh will be with us [and help us]. So do not be afraid of them!”
surely in/on/with LORD not to rebel and you(m. p.) not to fear [obj] people [the] land: country/planet for food: bread our they(masc.) to turn aside: remove shadow their from upon them and LORD with us not to fear them
10 Then all the Israeli people talked about [killing Caleb and Joshua by] throwing stones at them. But [suddenly] Yahweh’s glory appeared to them at the Sacred Tent.
and to say all [the] congregation to/for to stone [obj] them in/on/with stone and glory LORD to see: see in/on/with tent meeting to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel
11 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “How long will these people reject me [RHQ]? I am tired of them not believing in what I [can do], in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them [RHQ]!
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses till where? to spurn me [the] people [the] this and till where? not be faithful in/on/with me in/on/with all [the] sign: miraculous which to make: do in/on/with entrails: among his
12 So I will cause a (plague/widespread sickness) to strike them and get rid of them. But I will cause your [descendants] to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are.”
to smite him in/on/with pestilence and to possess: take him and to make [obj] you to/for nation great: large and mighty from him
13 But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “[Please do not do that, because] the people of Egypt will hear about it! You brought these Israeli people from Egypt by your great power,
and to say Moses to(wards) LORD and to hear: hear Egyptian for to ascend: establish in/on/with strength your [obj] [the] people [the] this from entrails: among his
14 and the people of Egypt will tell that to the [descendants of Canaan] who live in this land. Yahweh, they have already heard about you. They know that you have (been with/helped) these people and that they have seen you face-to-face. They have heard that your cloud is like a huge pillar that stays over them, and by using that cloud you lead them during the day, and the cloud becomes like a fire at night [to give them light].
and to say to(wards) to dwell [the] land: country/planet [the] this to hear: hear for you(m. s.) LORD in/on/with entrails: among [the] people [the] this which eye in/on/with eye to see: see you(m. s.) LORD and cloud your to stand: stand upon them and in/on/with pillar cloud you(m. s.) to go: went to/for face: before their by day and in/on/with pillar fire night
15 If you kill these people all at one time, the people-groups who have heard about your [power] will say,
and to die [obj] [the] people [the] this like/as man one and to say [the] nation which to hear: hear [obj] report your to/for to say
16 ‘Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land that he promised to give to them, so he killed them in the desert.’
from lest be able LORD to/for to come (in): bring [obj] [the] people [the] this to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for them and to slaughter them in/on/with wilderness
17 “So Yahweh, now show that you are very powerful. You said,
and now to magnify please strength Lord like/as as which to speak: promise to/for to say
18 ‘I do not quickly become angry; instead, I love people very much, and I forgive people for having sinned and having disobeyed my laws. But I will always punish [LIT] people who are guilty of doing what is wrong. When parents sin, I will punish them, but I will also punish their children and their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren and their great-great-grandchildren.’
LORD slow face: anger and many kindness to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and transgression and to clear not to clear to reckon: visit iniquity: crime father upon son: child upon third and upon fourth
19 So, because you love people like that, forgive these people for the sins that they have committed, just like you have continued to forgive them ever since they left Egypt.”
to forgive please to/for iniquity: crime [the] people [the] this like/as greatness kindness your and like/as as which to lift: forgive to/for people [the] this from Egypt and till here/thus
20 Then Yahweh replied, “I have forgiven them, as you requested me to.
and to say LORD to forgive like/as word your
21 But, just as certainly as I live and that people all over the world [can see] my (glory/glorious power), [I solemnly declare this: ]
and but alive I and to fill glory LORD [obj] all [the] land: country/planet
22 All these people saw my glory and all the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the desert, but they disobeyed me, and many times they tested [whether they could continue to do evil things without my punishing them].
for all [the] human [the] to see: see [obj] glory my and [obj] sign: miraculous my which to make: do in/on/with Egypt and in/on/with wilderness and to test [obj] me this ten beat and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice my
23 Because of that, not one of them will see the land that I promised their ancestors [that I would give to them]. No one who rejected me will see that land.
if: surely yes to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for father their and all to spurn me not to see: see her
24 But Caleb, who serves me [well], is different from the others. He obeys me completely. So I will bring him into that land that he has already seen, and his descendants will inherit/possess some of it.
and servant/slave my Caleb consequence to be spirit another with him and to fill after me and to come (in): bring him to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to come (in): come there [to] and seed: children his to possess: take her
25 So, since the descendants of Amalek and Canaan who are living in the valleys [in Canaan are very strong], when you leave here tomorrow, [instead of traveling toward Canaan], go back along the road through the desert towards the Red Sea.”
and [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite to dwell in/on/with valley tomorrow to turn and to set out to/for you [the] wilderness way: road sea Red (Sea)
26 Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say
27 “How long will the wicked people of this nation keep complaining about me [RHQ]? I have heard everything that they have grumbled/complained against me.
till how to/for congregation [the] bad: evil [the] this which they(masc.) to grumble upon me [obj] murmuring son: descendant/people Israel which they(masc.) to grumble upon me to hear: hear
28 So now tell them this: ‘Just as certainly as I, Yahweh, live, I will do exactly what you said would happen.
to say to(wards) them alive I utterance LORD if: surely yes not like/as as which to speak: speak in/on/with ear: hearing my so to make: do to/for you
29 [I will cause] all of you to die here in this desert! Because you grumbled about me, none of you who are more than 20 years old and who were counted when Moses counted everyone
in/on/with wilderness [the] this to fall: kill corpse your and all to reckon: list your to/for all number your from son: aged twenty year and above [to] which to grumble upon me
30 will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give to you. Only Caleb and Joshua will enter that land.
if: surely no you(m. p.) to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my to/for to dwell [obj] you in/on/with her that if: except if: except Caleb son: child Jephunneh and Joshua son: child Nun
31 You said that your children would be taken from you [to become slaves], but I will take them into the land, and they will enjoy living in the land that you (rejected/said that you could not conquer).
and child your which to say to/for plunder to be and to come (in): bring [obj] them and to know [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to reject in/on/with her
32 But as for you [adults], you will die here in this desert.
and corpse your you(m. p.) to fall: kill in/on/with wilderness [the] this
33 And like shepherds [wander around in the desert as they take care of their sheep], your children will wander around in this desert for 40 years. Because you adults were not loyal/faithful to me, your children will suffer until you all die in the desert.
and son: child your to be to pasture in/on/with wilderness forty year and to lift: bear [obj] fornication your till to finish corpse your in/on/with wilderness
34 You will suffer for your sins for 40 years. That will be one year for each of the 40 days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.’
in/on/with number [the] day which to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet forty day day to/for year day to/for year to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: crime your forty year and to know [obj] opposition my
35 [This will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group who conspired against me. They (conspired against/decided together to reject) me here in the desert, and they will all die right here in this desert!”
I LORD to speak: speak if: surely yes not this to make: do to/for all [the] congregation [the] bad: evil [the] this [the] to appoint upon me in/on/with wilderness [the] this to finish and there to die
36 Then the ten men [who had explored Canaan and] who had urged the people to rebel against Yahweh by giving reports that discouraged the people
and [the] human which to send: depart Moses to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to return: return (and to grumble *Q(K)*) upon him [obj] all [the] congregation to/for to come out: speak slander upon [the] land: country/planet
37 were immediately struck with a plague/disease that Yahweh sent, and they died.
and to die [the] human to come out: speak slander [the] land: country/planet bad: harmful in/on/with plague to/for face: before LORD
38 Of the twelve men who had explored Canaan, only Joshua and Caleb remained alive.
and Joshua son: child Nun and Caleb son: child Jephunneh to live from [the] human [the] they(masc.) [the] to go: went to/for to spy [obj] [the] land: country/planet
39 When Moses/I reported to the Israeli people what Yahweh had said, many of them were very sad.
and to speak: speak Moses [obj] [the] word [the] these to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel and to mourn [the] people much
40 So the people got up early the next morning and started to go toward the hilly area in Canaan. They said, “[We know that] we have sinned, but now we [are ready to] enter the land that Yahweh promised to give to us.”
and to rise in/on/with morning and to ascend: rise to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: hill country to/for to say look! we and to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] place which to say LORD for to sin
41 But Moses/I said, “Yahweh commanded you [to return to the desert, so] why are you now disobeying him [RHQ]? It will not (succeed/be possible).
and to say Moses to/for what? this you(m. p.) to pass: trespass [obj] lip: word LORD and he/she/it not to prosper
42 Do not try to enter the land now! [If you try], your enemies will defeat you, because Yahweh will not (be with/help) you.
not to ascend: rise for nothing LORD in/on/with entrails: among your and not to strike to/for face: before enemy your
43 When you begin to fight the descendants of Amalek and Canaan, they will slaughter you! Yahweh will abandon you, because you have abandoned him.”
for [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite there to/for face: before your and to fall: kill in/on/with sword for as that: since as as to return: turn back from after LORD and not to be LORD with you
44 But even though Moses/I did not leave the camp, and the sacred chest that contained the Ten Commandments was not taken from the camp, the people began to go towards the hilly area in Canaan.
and to presume to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: hill country and ark covenant LORD and Moses not to remove from entrails: among [the] camp
45 Then the descendants of Amalek and Canaan who lived in that hilly area came down and attacked them and chased them as far [south] as [the town of] Hormah.
and to go down [the] Amalekite and [the] Canaanite [the] to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] he/she/it and to smite them and to crush them till [the] Hormah