And all the congregation lifted up
their voice
, and cried
; and the people
wept
that night
.
And all the children of Israel
murmured
against Moses
and against Aaron
: and the whole congregation
said
unto them, Would God
that we had died
in the land
of Egypt
! or would God
we had died
in this wilderness
!
And wherefore hath the LORD brought
us unto this land
, to fall
by the sword
, that our wives
and our children
should be a prey
? were it not better
for us to return
into Egypt
?
And they said one
to another
, Let us make
a captain
, and let us return
into Egypt
.
Then Moses and Aaron
fell
on their faces
before
all the assembly
of the congregation
of the children
of Israel
.
And Joshua the son
of Nun
, and Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
, which were of them that searched
the land
, rent
their clothes
:
And they spake unto all the company
of the children
of Israel
, saying
, The land
, which we passed
through to search
it, is an exceeding
good
land
.
If the LORD delight
in us, then he will bring
us into this land
, and give
it us; a land
which floweth
with milk
and honey
.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD
, neither fear
ye the people
of the land
; for they are bread
for us: their defence
is departed
from them, and the LORD
is with us: fear
them not.
But all the congregation bade
stone
them with stones
. And the glory
of the LORD
appeared
in the tabernacle
of the congregation
before all the children
of Israel
.
And the LORD said
unto Moses
, How long will this people
provoke
me? and how long will it be ere
they believe
me, for all the signs
which I have shewed
among
them?
I will smite them with the pestilence
, and disinherit
them, and will make
of thee a greater
nation
and mightier
than they.
And Moses said
unto the LORD
, Then the Egyptians
shall hear
it , (for thou broughtest up
this people
in thy might
from among
them;)
And they will tell it to the inhabitants
of this land
: for they have heard
that thou LORD
art among
this people
, that thou LORD
art seen
face
to face
, and that thy cloud
standeth
over them, and that thou goest
before
them, by day time
in a pillar
of a cloud
, and in a pillar
of fire
by night
.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people
as one
man
, then the nations
which have heard
the fame
of thee will speak
, saying
,
Because the LORD was not
able
to bring
this people
into the land
which he sware
unto them, therefore he hath slain
them in the wilderness
.
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord
be great
, according
as thou hast spoken
, saying
,
The LORD is longsuffering
, and of great
mercy
, forgiving
iniquity
and transgression
, and by no means
clearing
the guilty , visiting
the iniquity
of the fathers
upon the children
unto the third
and fourth
generation .
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity
of this people
according unto the greatness
of thy mercy
, and as thou hast forgiven
this people
, from Egypt
even until now
.
And the LORD said
, I have pardoned
according to thy word
:
But as truly as I live
, all the earth
shall be filled
with the glory
of the LORD
.
Because all those men which have seen
my glory
, and my miracles
, which I did
in Egypt
and in the wilderness
, and have tempted
me now these ten
times
, and have not hearkened
to my voice
;
Surely they shall not see
the land
which I sware
unto their fathers
, neither shall any of them that provoked
me see
it:
But my servant Caleb
, because
he had another
spirit
with him, and hath followed
me fully
, him will I bring
into the land
whereinto he went
; and his seed
shall possess
it.
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
dwelt
in the valley
.) To morrow
turn
you, and get
you into the wilderness
by the way
of the Red
sea
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
and unto Aaron
, saying
,
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation
, which murmur
against me? I have heard
the murmurings
of the children
of Israel
, which they murmur
against me.
Say unto them, As truly as
I live
, saith
the LORD
, as ye have spoken
in mine ears
, so will I do
to you:
Your carcases shall fall
in this wilderness
; and all that were numbered
of you, according to your whole number
, from twenty
years
old
and upward
, which have murmured
against me,
Doubtless ye shall not come
into the land
, concerning which I sware
to make you dwell
therein, save Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
, and Joshua
the son
of Nun
.
But your little ones, which ye said
should be a prey
, them will I bring in
, and they shall know
the land
which ye have despised
.
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall
in this wilderness
.
And your children shall wander
in the wilderness
forty
years
, and bear
your whoredoms
, until your carcases
be wasted
in the wilderness
.
After the number of the days
in which ye searched
the land
, even forty
days
, each day
for a year
, shall ye bear
your iniquities
, even forty
years
, and ye shall know
my breach of promise
.
I the LORD have said
, I will surely
do
it
unto all this evil
congregation
, that are gathered together
against me: in this wilderness
they shall be consumed
, and there they shall die
.
And the men, which Moses
sent
to search
the land
, who returned
, and made all the congregation
to murmur
against him, by bringing up
a slander
upon the land
,
Even those men
that did bring up
the evil
report
upon the land
, died
by the plague
before
the LORD
.
But Joshua the son
of Nun
, and Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
, which were of the men
that went
to search
the land
, lived
still .
And Moses told
these sayings
unto all the children
of Israel
: and the people
mourned
greatly
.
And they rose up early in the morning
, and gat them up
into the top
of the mountain
, saying
, Lo
, we be here , and will go up
unto the place
which the LORD
hath promised
: for we have sinned
.
And Moses said
, Wherefore now do ye transgress
the commandment
of the LORD
? but it shall not prosper
.
Go not up, for the LORD
is not among
you; that ye be not smitten
before
your enemies
.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites
are there before
you, and ye shall fall
by the sword
: because ye are turned
away
from the LORD
, therefore the LORD
will not be with you.
But they presumed to go up
unto the hill
top
: nevertheless the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
, and Moses
, departed
not out
of the camp
.
Then the Amalekites came down
, and the Canaanites
which dwelt
in that hill
, and smote
them, and discomfited
them, even unto Hormah
.