Numeri 14:14

Nova Vulgata

et dicent ad habitatores terrae huius, quia audierunt quod tu, Domine, in populo isto sis et facie videaris ad faciem, et nubes tua protegat illos, et in columna nubis praecedas eos per diem et in columna ignis per noctem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Assumensque sacerdos de sanguine hosti�, qu� immolata est pro delicto, ponet super extremum auricul� dextr� ejus qui mundatur, et super pollices manus dextr� et pedis :

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
et habitatores terr� hujus, qui audierunt quod tu, Domine, in populo isto sis, et facie videaris ad faciem, et nubes tua protegat illos, et in columna nubis pr�cedas eos per diem, et in columna ignis per noctem:

Bible Verse Review
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they have: Exodus 15:14, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 5:1

art seen: Numbers 12:8, Genesis 32:30, Exodus 33:11, Deuteronomy 5:4, Deuteronomy 34:10, John 1:18, John 14:9, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 John 3:2

thy cloud: Numbers 9:15-21, Numbers 10:34, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 40:38, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:19, Psalms 78:14, Psalms 105:39

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:25 - that he Exodus 33:16 - in that Numbers 16:3 - the Lord Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire Deuteronomy 7:21 - the Lord Judges 6:13 - if the Lord 2 Samuel 7:23 - went Isaiah 63:11 - Where is he that brought Joel 2:17 - wherefore Zechariah 8:23 - we have 1 Corinthians 10:1 - were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land,.... The land of Canaan, between which and Egypt there was an intercourse, though not by the way of the wilderness, being neighbours, and their original ancestors brethren, as Mizraim and Canaan were; or "they will say" t, and that with joy, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; but what they would say does not appear so plain; either it was that the Israelites were killed in the wilderness, a tale they would tell with pleasure; but that the Canaanites would hear of doubtless before them, and not need their information, since the Israelites were upon their borders; or that the Lord had brought them out of Egypt indeed, but could carry them no further, could not introduce them into the land he had promised them; or rather they would say to them what follows, for the preposition "for" is not in the text, and may be omitted; and so the sense is, they will tell them,

they have heard that thou Lord [art] among this people; in the tabernacle that was in the midst of them, in the most holy place of it:

that thou Lord art seen face to face: as he was by Moses, who was at the head of them:

and [that] thy cloud standeth over them; and sheltered and protected them from the heat of the sun in the daytime, when it rested upon them in their encampment:

and [that] thou goest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud,

and in a pillar of fire by night; in their journeys; they will tell of those favours thou hast shown Israel; and yet, after all, will observe that thou hast destroyed them, which will not redound to thine honour and glory.

t יאמרו "et dicent", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The syntax of these verses is singularly broken. As did Paul when deeply moved, so Moses presses his arguments one on the other without pausing to ascertain the grammatical finish of his expressions. He speaks here as if in momentary apprehension of an outbreak of God’s wrath, unless he could perhaps arrest it by crowding in every topic of deprecation and intercession that he could mention on the instant.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 14:14. That thy cloud standeth over them — This cloud, the symbol of the Divine glory, and proof of the Divine presence, appears to have assumed three different forms for three important purposes.

1. It appeared by day in the form of a pillar of a sufficient height to be seen by all the camp, and thus went before them to point out their way in the desert. Exodus 40:38.

2. It appeared by night as a pillar of fire to give them light while travelling by night, which they probably sometimes did; (see Numbers 9:21;) or to illuminate their tents in their encampment; Exodus 13:21-22.

3. It stood at certain times above the whole congregation, overshadowing them from the scorching rays of the sun; and probably at other times condensed the vapours, and precipitated rain or dew for the refreshment of the people. He spread a cloud for their covering; and fire to give light in the night; Psalms 105:39. It was probably from this circumstance that the shadow of the Lord was used to signify the Divine protection, not only by the Jews, but also by other Asiatic nations. Numbers 14:9; Numbers 14:9, and see particularly Clarke's note on "Exodus 13:21".