Numbers 14:26

THE MESSAGE

God spoke to Moses and Aaron: "How long is this going to go on, all this grumbling against me by this evil-infested community? I've had my fill of complaints from these grumbling Israelites. Tell them, As I live— God 's decree—here's what I'm going to do: Your corpses are going to litter the wilderness—every one of you twenty years and older who was counted in the census, this whole generation of grumblers and grousers. Not one of you will enter the land and make your home there, the firmly and solemnly promised land, except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New American Standard Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron again, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron

Complete Jewish Bible
(iv) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses & Aaron, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Revised Standard
And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

²⁰ 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. ²⁴ "But my servant Caleb—this is a different story. He has a different spirit; he follows me passionately. I'll bring him into the land that he scouted and his children will inherit it. ²⁵ "Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are so well established in the valleys, for right now change course and head back into the wilderness following the route to the Red Sea." ²⁶ God spoke to Moses and Aaron: "How long is this going to go on, all this grumbling against me by this evil-infested community? I've had my fill of complaints from these grumbling Israelites. Tell them, As I live— God 's decree—here's what I'm going to do: Your corpses are going to litter the wilderness—every one of you twenty years and older who was counted in the census, this whole generation of grumblers and grousers. Not one of you will enter the land and make your home there, the firmly and solemnly promised land, except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. ³¹"Your children, the very ones that you said would be taken for plunder, I'll bring in to enjoy the land you rejected while your corpses will be rotting in the wilderness. These children of yours will live as shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, living with the fallout of your whoring unfaithfulness until the last of your generation lies a corpse in the wilderness. You scouted out the land for forty days; your punishment will be a year for each day, a forty-year sentence to serve for your sins—a long schooling in my displeasure. ³⁵ "I, God , have spoken. I will most certainly carry out these things against this entire evil-infested community which has banded together against me. In this wilderness they will come to their end. There they will die."

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,.... Before he had been only speaking to Moses, who had interceded with him to pardon the people, which he had granted; but at the same time assured him they should not enter into and possess the land of Canaan, and the same he repeats to him and Aaron together:

saying: as follows.