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the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Numbers 14:20

And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Intercession;   Israel;   Moses;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pardon;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Mediator;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Spirituality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dispensations;   Gibeonites;   Numbers, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Pardon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Hafá¹­arah;   Kol Nidre;   Seliḥah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word:
King James Version
And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh said, "I have forgiven them according to your word;
New Century Version
The Lord answered, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
New English Translation
Then the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
Amplified Bible
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;
New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said, "I have forgiven them in accordance with your word;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said, I haue forgiuen it, according to thy request.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai answered, "I have forgiven, as you have asked.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord answered, "Yes, I will forgive the people as you asked.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said, "I have pardoned, according to your word.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, I have forgiven them according to your word;
Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "I will forgive them, as you have asked.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said, I have forgiven according to your word;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde: I haue forgeue it, as thou hast saide.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde: I haue forgeuen it, according to thy request.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said, I haue pardoned, according to thy word.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to thy word.
English Revised Version
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Berean Standard Bible
"I have pardoned them as you requested," the LORD replied.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide, Y haue foryouun to hem, bi thi word.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
World English Bible
Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
New King James Version
Then the LORD said: "I have pardoned, according to your word;
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said, "I will pardon them as you have requested.
New Life Bible
So the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said, "I do forgive, just as you have asked;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to thy word;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said: I have forgiven according to thy word.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word;
THE MESSAGE
God said, "I forgive them, honoring your words. But as I live and as the Glory of God fills the whole Earth—not a single person of those who saw my Glory, saw the miracle signs I did in Egypt and the wilderness, and who have tested me over and over and over again, turning a deaf ear to me—not one of them will set eyes on the land I so solemnly promised to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with such repeated contempt will see it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word;

Contextual Overview

20 And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say: 21 But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord; 22 Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice; 23 They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage. 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea. 26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 27 How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears. 28 Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you: 29 Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:10 - let me alone Psalms 99:8 - thou wast Hebrews 3:11 - I sware

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 14:3
All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
Genesis 14:4
For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.
Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land.
Genesis 14:9
Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.
Genesis 14:17
And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.
Genesis 14:19
And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
Genesis 24:27
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
Genesis 28:22
And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said, I have pardoned, according to thy word. So as not to kill them utterly as one man: which is an instance of his being plenteous in mercy, and ready to forgive; and of the virtue and efficacy of the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, and of the great regard the Lord has to the prayers of a good man for others. The Jerusalem Targum is,

"and the Word of the Lord said, lo, I have remitted and forgiven according to thy word;''

which must be understood of Christ, the essential Word, and shows, according to the sense of the Targumist, that he has a power to forgive sin, and must be a divine Person, for none can forgive sin but God; see Mark 2:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:20. I have pardoned — That is, They shall not be cut off as they deserve, because thou hast interceded for their lives.


 
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