Numbers 14:29
New International Version
In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.

New Living Translation
You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

English Standard Version
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,

Berean Standard Bible
Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

King James Bible
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,

New King James Version
The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.

New American Standard Bible
your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all your numbered men according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

NASB 1995
your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

NASB 1977
your corpses shall fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me.

Amplified Bible
your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, even all who were numbered of you, your entire number from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me.

Christian Standard Bible
Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you twenty years old or more —because you have complained about me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you 20 years old or more—because you have complained about Me.

American Standard Version
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,

Contemporary English Version
You will die right here in the desert, and your dead bodies will cover the ground. You have insulted me, and none of you men who are over 20 years old

English Revised Version
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,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least 20 years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die.

Good News Translation
You will die and your corpses will be scattered across this wilderness. Because you have complained against me, none of you over twenty years of age will enter that land.

International Standard Version
Your corpses will fall in this wilderness—every single one of you who has been counted among you, according to your number from 20 years and above, who complained against me.

Majority Standard Bible
Your bodies will fall in this wilderness?all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older?because you have grumbled against Me.

NET Bible
Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness--all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.

New Heart English Bible
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

Webster's Bible Translation
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, who have murmured against me,

World English Bible
Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your carcasses fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
In this desert shall your carcasses fall; and all of you being reviewed according to all your number, from the son of twenty years and above, who murmured against me.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
fin the wilderness shall your carcasses lie. All you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, and have murmured against me,

Catholic Public Domain Version
In the wilderness, here shall your carcasses lie. All you who were numbered from twenty years and above, and who have murmured against me,

New American Bible
Here in the wilderness your dead bodies shall fall. Of all your men of twenty years or more, enrolled in your registration, who grumbled against me,

New Revised Standard Version
your dead bodies shall fall in this very wilderness; and of all your number, included in the census, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Your corpses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, because you have murmured against me.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In this wilderness your corpses will fall and all your number and all your numbering from a son of twenty years and above, because you were complaining against me.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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, ye that have murmured against Me;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Forgiveness and Judgment
28So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. 29Your bodies will fall in this wilderness— all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older— because you have grumbled against Me. 30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.…

Cross References
Hebrews 3:17-19
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

1 Corinthians 10:5-11
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ...

Deuteronomy 1:34-36
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

Psalm 95:10-11
For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Joshua 5:6
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Ezekiel 20:15-16
Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.

Deuteronomy 2:14-15
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

Psalm 106:26-27
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, / to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Hebrews 4:1-2
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Jude 1:5
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

Nehemiah 9:29-31
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. / But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Acts 7:39-42
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. ...

Deuteronomy 9:23-24
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. / You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

Ezekiel 20:23-24
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. / For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:22-24
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

carcases

Numbers 14:32,33
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness…

1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Hebrews 3:17
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

all that were

Numbers 1:45
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

Numbers 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Numbers 14
1. The people murmur at the news
6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them
11. God threatens them
13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon
26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land
36. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague
40. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten














Your bodies will fall
This phrase is a direct and solemn pronouncement of judgment. The Hebrew word for "bodies" (פֶּגֶר, peger) often refers to corpses, emphasizing the finality and seriousness of God's decree. The wilderness, a place of testing and reliance on God, becomes a graveyard for those who doubted His promises. This serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of unbelief and disobedience.

in this wilderness
The wilderness (מִדְבָּר, midbar) is not just a physical location but a spiritual metaphor for a place of trial and purification. Historically, the wilderness was where the Israelites were meant to learn dependence on God. Instead, it becomes the place of their demise due to their lack of faith. This highlights the importance of trusting God even in desolate and challenging circumstances.

all who were numbered in the census
The census (פְּקוּדִים, pequdim) was a means of organizing the people for military and community purposes. Those "numbered" were expected to be the warriors and leaders of the new generation entering the Promised Land. Their failure to trust in God's provision and protection disqualified them from their intended roles, illustrating the principle that spiritual readiness is more crucial than mere physical preparation.

everyone twenty years of age or older
The age of twenty was significant in Israelite society, marking the transition to adulthood and responsibility. Those twenty and older were held accountable for their actions and decisions. This age distinction underscores the biblical principle of accountability and the expectation that mature believers should exhibit faith and obedience.

because you have grumbled against Me
Grumbling (לָנוּן, lun) against God reflects a heart of rebellion and ingratitude. The Israelites' complaints were not just against their circumstances but against God's character and promises. This phrase serves as a warning against the dangers of a complaining spirit, which can lead to spiritual downfall. It calls believers to cultivate a heart of trust and thankfulness, even in difficult times.

(29) From twenty years old and upward.--Rashi thinks that these words were employed to show that the Levites who were numbered from a month old and upwards were not included in the general sentence of destruction, and hence that it is no just cause of astonishment that some of them, as, e.g., Eleazar, should have entered the land of Canaan.

Verse 29. - All that were numbered of you... from twenty years old (cf. Numbers 1:18, 19, 47). All that had been enrolled as the soldiers of the Lord, to fight his battles and their own, but had refused, and had incurred the guilt of mutiny.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your bodies
פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם (p̄iḡ·rê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6297: A carcase, an idolatrous image

will fall
יִפְּל֨וּ (yip·pə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

in this
הַ֠זֶּה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

wilderness—
בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who were numbered
פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ (pə·qu·ḏê·ḵem)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

in the census,
מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם (mis·par·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

everyone
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

years of age
מִבֶּ֛ן (mib·ben)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

or older—
וָמָ֑עְלָה (wā·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

because
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have grumbled
הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם (hă·lî·nō·ṯem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

against Me.
עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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