Apologetics Bible

Numbers 14:1

Hebrew

וַתִּשָּׂא כָּל־הָעֵדָה וַֽיִּתְּנוּ אֶת־קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ הָעָם בַּלַּיְלָה הַהֽוּא׃

vatisha'-khal-ha'edah-vayitenv-'et-qvolam-vayivekhv-ha'am-valayelah-hahv'

KJV: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

AKJV: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

ASV: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

YLT: And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

Exposition: Numbers 14:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:2

Hebrew

וַיִּלֹּנוּ עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן כֹּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם כָּל־הָעֵדָה לוּ־מַתְנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אוֹ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה לוּ־מָֽתְנוּ׃

vayilonv-'al-mosheh-ve'al-'aharon-khol-veney-yishera'el-vayo'merv-'alehem-khal-ha'edah-lv-matenv-ve'eretz-mitzerayim-'vo-vamidevar-hazeh-lv-matenv

KJV: 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!

AKJV: And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

ASV: And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

YLT: and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!

Exposition: Numbers 14:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:3

Hebrew

וְלָמָה יְהוָה מֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לִנְפֹּל בַּחֶרֶב נָשֵׁינוּ וְטַפֵּנוּ יִהְיוּ לָבַז הֲלוֹא טוֹב לָנוּ שׁוּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

velamah-yehvah-meviy'-'otanv-'el-ha'aretz-hazo't-linefol-vacherev-nasheynv-vetafenv-yiheyv-lavaz-halvo'-tvov-lanv-shvv-mitzerayemah

KJV: 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?

AKJV: And why has the LORD brought us to 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?

ASV: And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

YLT: and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'

Exposition: Numbers 14:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:4

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו נִתְּנָה רֹאשׁ וְנָשׁוּבָה מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

vayo'merv-'iysh-'el-'achiyv-nitenah-ro'sh-venashvvah-mitzerayemah

KJV: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

AKJV: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

ASV: And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

YLT: And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:5

Hebrew

וַיִּפֹּל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם לִפְנֵי כָּל־קְהַל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayifol-mosheh-ve'aharon-'al-feneyhem-lifeney-khal-qehal-'adat-veney-yishera'el

KJV: Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

AKJV: Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. ¶

ASV: Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

YLT: And Moses falleth--Aaron also--on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel.

Exposition: Numbers 14:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:6

Hebrew

וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה מִן־הַתָּרִים אֶת־הָאָרֶץ קָרְעוּ בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃

viyhvoshu'a-vin-nvn-vekhalev-ven-yefuneh-min-hatariym-'et-ha'aretz-qare'v-vigedeyhem

KJV: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

AKJV: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

ASV: And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

YLT: And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments,

Exposition: Numbers 14:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:7

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ טוֹבָה הָאָרֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹֽד׃

vayo'merv-'el-khal-'adat-veney-yishera'el-le'mor-ha'aretz-'asher-'avarenv-vah-latvr-'otah-tvovah-ha'aretz-me'od-me'od

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

ASV: and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

YLT: and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, is a very very good land;

Exposition: Numbers 14:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:8

Hebrew

אִם־חָפֵץ בָּנוּ יְהוָה וְהֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּנְתָנָהּ לָנוּ אֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הִוא זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃

'im-chafetz-vanv-yehvah-veheviy'-'otanv-'el-ha'aretz-hazo't-vnetanah-lanv-'eretz-'asher-hiv'-zavat-chalav-vdevash

KJV: 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.

AKJV: If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

ASV: If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

YLT: if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;

Exposition: Numbers 14:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:9

Hebrew

אַךְ בַּֽיהוָה אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאַתֶּם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וַֽיהוָה אִתָּנוּ אַל־תִּירָאֻֽם׃

'akhe-vayhvah-'al-timerodv-ve'atem-'al-tiyre'v-'et-'am-ha'aretz-khiy-lachemenv-hem-sar-tzilam-me'aleyhem-vayhvah-'itanv-'al-tiyra'um

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Only rebel not you against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

ASV: Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.

YLT: only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they are ; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah is with us; fear them not.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:10

Hebrew

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה לִרְגּוֹם אֹתָם בָּאֲבָנִים וּכְבוֹד יְהוָה נִרְאָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayo'merv-khal-ha'edah-liregvom-'otam-va'avaniym-vkhevvod-yehvah-nire'ah-ve'ohel-mvo'ed-'el-khal-veney-yishera'el

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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. ¶

ASV: But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

YLT: And all the company say to stone them with stones, and the honour of Jehovah hath appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the sons of Israel.

Exposition: Numbers 14:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:11

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עַד־אָנָה יְנַאֲצֻנִי הָעָם הַזֶּה וְעַד־אָנָה לֹא־יַאֲמִינוּ בִי בְּכֹל הָֽאֹתוֹת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

vayo'mer-yehvah-'el-mosheh-'ad-'anah-yena'atzuniy-ha'am-hazeh-ve'ad-'anah-lo'-ya'amiynv-viy-vekhol-ha'otvot-'asher-'ashiytiy-veqirevvo

KJV: 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?

AKJV: And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them?

ASV: And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

YLT: And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?

Exposition: Numbers 14:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:12

Hebrew

אַכֶּנּוּ בַדֶּבֶר וְאוֹרִשֶׁנּוּ וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה אֹֽתְךָ לְגוֹי־גָּדוֹל וְעָצוּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

'akhenv-vadever-ve'vorishenv-ve'e'esheh-'otekha-legvoy-gadvol-ve'atzvm-mimenv

KJV: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

AKJV: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they. ¶

ASV: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

YLT: I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:13

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה וְשָׁמְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּֽי־הֶעֱלִיתָ בְכֹחֲךָ אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה מִקִּרְבּֽוֹ׃

vayo'mer-mosheh-'el-yehvah-veshame'v-mitzerayim-khiy-he'eliyta-vekhochakha-'et-ha'am-hazeh-miqirevvo

KJV: And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

AKJV: And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

ASV: And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

YLT: And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,

Exposition: Numbers 14:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:14

Hebrew

וְאָמְרוּ אֶל־יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת שָֽׁמְעוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּה יְהוָה בְּקֶרֶב הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר־עַיִן בְּעַיִן נִרְאָה ׀ אַתָּה יְהוָה וַעֲנָֽנְךָ עֹמֵד עֲלֵהֶם וּבְעַמֻּד עָנָן אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם וּבְעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לָֽיְלָה׃

ve'amerv-'el-yvoshev-ha'aretz-hazo't-shame'v-khiy-'atah-yehvah-veqerev-ha'am-hazeh-'asher-'ayin-ve'ayin-nire'ah- -'atah-yehvah-va'ananekha-'omed-'alehem-vve'amud-'anan-'atah-holekhe-lifeneyhem-yvomam-vve'amvd-'esh-layelah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. ¶

ASV: and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

YLT: and they have said it unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen--O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, --and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

Exposition: Numbers 14:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:15

Hebrew

וְהֵמַתָּה אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד וְאָֽמְרוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְעוּ אֶֽת־שִׁמְעֲךָ לֵאמֹֽר׃

vehematah-'et-ha'am-hazeh-khe'iysh-'echad-ve'amerv-hagvoyim-'asher-shame'v-'et-shime'akha-le'mor

KJV: Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

AKJV: Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

ASV: Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

YLT: `And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,

Exposition: Numbers 14:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:16

Hebrew

מִבִּלְתִּי יְכֹלֶת יְהוָה לְהָבִיא אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לָהֶם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

miviletiy-yekholet-yehvah-lehaviy'-'et-ha'am-hazeh-'el-ha'aretz-'asher-nisheva'-lahem-vayishechatem-vamidevar

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.

ASV: Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

YLT: From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them--He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.

Exposition: Numbers 14:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:17

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל־נָא כֹּחַ אֲדֹנָי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר׃

ve'atah-yigedal-na'-khocha-'adonay-kha'asher-divareta-le'mor

KJV: And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

AKJV: And now, I beseech you, let the power of my LORD be great, according as you have spoken, saying,

ASV: And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

YLT: `And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:

Exposition: Numbers 14:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:18

Hebrew

יְהוָה אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד נֹשֵׂא עָוֺן וָפָשַׁע וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים׃

yehvah-'erekhe-'afayim-verav-chesed-noshe'-'avn-vafasha'-venaqeh-lo'-yenaqeh-foqed-'avn-'avvot-'al-vaniym-'al-shileshiym-ve'al-rive'iym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.

ASV: Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

YLT: Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third generation , and on a fourth; --

Exposition: Numbers 14:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:19

Hebrew

סְלַֽח־נָא לַעֲוֺן הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּגֹדֶל חַסְדֶּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה׃

selach-na'-la'avn-ha'am-hazeh-khegodel-chasedekha-vekha'asher-nasha'tah-la'am-hazeh-mimitzerayim-ve'ad-henah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Pardon, I beseech you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your mercy, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

ASV: Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

YLT: forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:20

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה סָלַחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

vayo'mer-yehvah-salachetiy-khidevarekha

KJV: And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

AKJV: And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word:

ASV: And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

YLT: And Jehovah saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word;

Exposition: Numbers 14:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:21

Hebrew

וְאוּלָם חַי־אָנִי וְיִמָּלֵא כְבוֹד־יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

ve'vlam-chay-'aniy-veyimale'-khevvod-yehvah-'et-khal-ha'aretz

KJV: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

AKJV: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

ASV: but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

YLT: and yet, I live--and it is filled--the whole earth-- with the honour of Jehovah;

Exposition: Numbers 14:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:22

Hebrew

כִּי כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרֹאִים אֶת־כְּבֹדִי וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר וַיְנַסּוּ אֹתִי זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

khiy-khal-ha'anashiym-haro'iym-'et-khevodiy-ve'et-'ototay-'asher-'ashiytiy-vemitzerayim-vvamidevar-vayenasv-'otiy-zeh-'esher-fe'amiym-velo'-shame'v-veqvoliy

KJV: 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;

AKJV: 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 listened to my voice;

ASV: because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

YLT: for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice--

Exposition: Numbers 14:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:23

Hebrew

אִם־יִרְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם וְכָל־מְנַאֲצַי לֹא יִרְאֽוּהָ׃

'im-yire'v-'et-ha'aretz-'asher-nisheva'etiy-la'avotam-vekhal-mena'atzay-lo'-yire'vha

KJV: Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

AKJV: Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

ASV: surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

YLT: they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it;

Exposition: Numbers 14:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:24

Hebrew

וְעַבְדִּי כָלֵב עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֹ וַיְמַלֵּא אַחֲרָי וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִיו אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא שָׁמָּה וְזַרְעוֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה׃

ve'avediy-khalev-'eqev-hayetah-rvcha-'acheret-'imvo-vayemale'-'acharay-vahaviy'otiyv-'el-ha'aretz-'asher-va'-shamah-vezare'vo-yvorishenah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into where he went; and his seed shall possess it.

ASV: 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.

YLT: and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me--I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it.

Exposition: Numbers 14:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:25

Hebrew

וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי יוֹשֵׁב בָּעֵמֶק מָחָר פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃

veha'amaleqiy-vehakhena'aniy-yvoshev-va'emeq-machar-fenv-vse'v-lakhem-hamidevar-derekhe-yam-svf

KJV: (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.

AKJV: (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelled in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. ¶

ASV: Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

YLT: `And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness--the way of the Red Sea.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '(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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:26

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹֽר׃

vayedaver-yehvah-'el-mosheh-ve'el-'aharon-le'mor

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

AKJV: And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

ASV: And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

YLT: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Exposition: Numbers 14:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:27

Hebrew

עַד־מָתַי לָעֵדָה הָֽרָעָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה מַלִּינִים עָלָי אֶת־תְּלֻנּוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה מַלִּינִים עָלַי שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

'ad-matay-la'edah-hara'ah-hazo't-'asher-hemah-maliyniym-'alay-'et-telunvot-veney-yishera'el-'asher-hemah-maliyniym-'alay-shama'etiy

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

YLT: `Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;

Exposition: Numbers 14:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:28

Hebrew

אֱמֹר אֲלֵהֶם חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה אִם־לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם בְּאָזְנָי כֵּן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָכֶֽם׃

'emor-'alehem-chay-'aniy-ne'um-yehvah-'im-lo'-kha'asher-divaretem-ve'azenay-khen-'e'esheh-lakhem

KJV: Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

AKJV: Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

ASV: Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

YLT: say unto them, I live--an affirmation of Jehovah--if, as ye have spoken in Mine ears--so I do not to you;

Exposition: Numbers 14:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:29

Hebrew

בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִפְּלוּ פִגְרֵיכֶם וְכָל־פְּקֻדֵיכֶם לְכָל־מִסְפַּרְכֶם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָעְלָה אֲשֶׁר הֲלִֽינֹתֶם עָלָֽי׃

vamidevar-hazeh-yifelv-figereykhem-vekhal-fequdeykhem-lekhal-misefarekhem-miven-'esheriym-shanah-vama'elah-'asher-haliynotem-'alay

KJV: 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,

AKJV: Your carcasses 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.

ASV: your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,

YLT: in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;

Exposition: Numbers 14:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:30

Hebrew

אִם־אַתֶּם תָּבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־יָדִי לְשַׁכֵּן אֶתְכֶם בָּהּ כִּי אִם־כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃

'im-'atem-tavo'v-'el-ha'aretz-'asher-nasha'tiy-'et-yadiy-leshakhen-'etekhem-vah-khiy-'im-khalev-ven-yefuneh-viyhvoshu'a-vin-nvn

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Doubtless you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

ASV: surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

YLT: ye--ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

Exposition: Numbers 14:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:31

Hebrew

וְטַפְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם לָבַז יִהְיֶה וְהֵבֵיאתִי אֹתָם וְיָֽדְעוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר מְאַסְתֶּם בָּֽהּ׃

vetafekhem-'asher-'amaretem-lavaz-yiheyeh-vehevey'tiy-'otam-veyade'v-'et-ha'aretz-'asher-me'asetem-vah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: But your little ones, which you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.

ASV: But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

YLT: `As to your infants--of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become--I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

Exposition: Numbers 14:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:32

Hebrew

וּפִגְרֵיכֶם אַתֶּם יִפְּלוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּֽה׃

vfigereykhem-'atem-yifelv-vamidevar-hazeh

KJV: But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

AKJV: But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.

ASV: But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

YLT: as to you--your carcases do fall in this wilderness,

Exposition: Numbers 14:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:33

Hebrew

וּבְנֵיכֶם יִהְיוּ רֹעִים בַּמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וְנָשְׂאוּ אֶת־זְנוּתֵיכֶם עַד־תֹּם פִּגְרֵיכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

vveneykhem-yiheyv-ro'iym-vamidevar-'areva'iym-shanah-venashe'v-'et-zenvteykhem-'ad-tom-figereykhem-vamidevar

KJV: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

AKJV: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your prostitutions, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.

ASV: And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

YLT: and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;

Exposition: Numbers 14:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:34

Hebrew

בְּמִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־תַּרְתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה תִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־עֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וִֽידַעְתֶּם אֶת־תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃

vemisefar-hayamiym-'asher-taretem-'et-ha'aretz-'areva'iym-yvom-yvom-lashanah-yvom-lashanah-tishe'v-'et-'avnoteykhem-'areva'iym-shanah-viyda'etem-'et-tenv'atiy

KJV: 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.

AKJV: After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise.

ASV: After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.

YLT: by the number of the days in which ye spied the land, forty days, --a day for a year, a day for a year--ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off;

Exposition: Numbers 14:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:35

Hebrew

אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי אִם־לֹא ׀ זֹאת אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂה לְכָל־הָעֵדָה הָֽרָעָה הַזֹּאת הַנּוֹעָדִים עָלָי בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִתַּמּוּ וְשָׁם יָמֻֽתוּ׃

'aniy-yehvah-divaretiy-'im-lo'- -zo't-'e'esheh-lekhal-ha'edah-hara'ah-hazo't-hanvo'adiym-'alay-vamidevar-hazeh-yitamv-vesham-yamutv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

ASV: I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

YLT: I am Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; --in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:36

Hebrew

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לָתוּר אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וילונו וַיַּלִּינוּ עָלָיו אֶת־כָּל־הָעֵדָה לְהוֹצִיא דִבָּה עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

veha'anashiym-'asher-shalach-mosheh-latvr-'et-ha'aretz-vayashuvv-vylvnv-vayaliynv-'alayv-'et-khal-ha'edah-lehvotziy'-divah-'al-ha'aretz

KJV: 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,

AKJV: 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 on the land,

ASV: And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

YLT: And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

Exposition: Numbers 14:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:37

Hebrew

וַיָּמֻתוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים מוֹצִאֵי דִבַּת־הָאָרֶץ רָעָה בַּמַּגֵּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה׃

vayamutv-ha'anashiym-mvotzi'ey-divat-ha'aretz-ra'ah-vamagefah-lifeney-yehvah

KJV: Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

AKJV: Even those men that did bring up the evil report on the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

ASV: even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

YLT: even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;

Exposition: Numbers 14:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:38

Hebrew

וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְכָלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה חָיוּ מִן־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם הַֽהֹלְכִים לָתוּר אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

viyhvoshu'a-vin-nvn-vekhalev-ven-yefuneh-chayv-min-ha'anashiym-hahem-haholekhiym-latvr-'et-ha'aretz

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

YLT: and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land.

Exposition: Numbers 14:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:39

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּלוּ הָעָם מְאֹֽד׃

vayedaver-mosheh-'et-hadevariym-ha'eleh-'el-khal-veney-yishera'el-vayite'avelv-ha'am-me'od

KJV: And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

AKJV: And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. ¶

ASV: And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

YLT: And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

Exposition: Numbers 14:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:40

Hebrew

וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיַּֽעֲלוּ אֶל־רֹאשׁ־הָהָר לֵאמֹר הִנֶּנּוּ וְעָלִינוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אָמַר יְהוָה כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃

vayashekhimv-vavoqer-vaya'alv-'el-ro'sh-hahar-le'mor-hinenv-ve'aliynv-'el-hamaqvom-'asher-'amar-yehvah-khiy-chata'nv

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, See, we be here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned.

ASV: And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned.

YLT: and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we are , and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:41

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה לָמָּה זֶּה אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה וְהִוא לֹא תִצְלָֽח׃

vayo'mer-mosheh-lamah-zeh-'atem-'overiym-'et-fiy-yehvah-vehiv'-lo'-titzelach

KJV: And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

AKJV: And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

ASV: And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

YLT: And Moses saith, `Why is this? --ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

Exposition: Numbers 14:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:42

Hebrew

אַֽל־תַּעֲלוּ כִּי אֵין יְהוָה בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וְלֹא תִּנָּגְפוּ לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

'al-ta'alv-khiy-'eyn-yehvah-veqirevekhem-velo'-tinagefv-lifeney-'oyeveykhem

KJV: Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

AKJV: Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that you be not smitten before your enemies.

ASV: Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

YLT: go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

Exposition: Numbers 14:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:43

Hebrew

כִּי הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי שָׁם לִפְנֵיכֶם וּנְפַלְתֶּם בֶּחָרֶב כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּן שַׁבְתֶּם מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה יְהוָה עִמָּכֶֽם׃

khiy-ha'amaleqiy-vehakhena'aniy-sham-lifeneykhem-vnefaletem-vecharev-khiy-'al-khen-shavetem-me'acharey-yehvah-velo'-yiheyeh-yehvah-'imakhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

ASV: For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

YLT: for the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you.'

Exposition: Numbers 14:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:44

Hebrew

וַיַּעְפִּלוּ לַעֲלוֹת אֶל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר וַאֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא־מָשׁוּ מִקֶּרֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

vaya'efilv-la'alvot-'el-ro'sh-hahar-va'arvon-veriyt-yehvah-vmosheh-lo'-mashv-miqerev-hamachaneh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: But they presumed to go up to the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

ASV: But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

YLT: And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.

Exposition: Numbers 14:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Numbers 14:45

Hebrew

וַיֵּרֶד הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּהָר הַהוּא וַיַּכּוּם וַֽיַּכְּתוּם עַד־הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃

vayered-ha'amaleqiy-vehakhena'aniy-hayoshev-vahar-hahv'-vayakhvm-vayakhetvm-'ad-hacharemah

KJV: Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

AKJV: Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah.

ASV: Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

YLT: And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down--unto Hormah.

Exposition: Numbers 14:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.