Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it— New Living Translation The ten men Moses had sent to explore the land—the ones who incited rebellion against the LORD with their bad report— English Standard Version And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land— Berean Standard Bible So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— King James Bible 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, New King James Version Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, New American Standard Bible As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and led all the congregation to grumble against him by bringing a bad report about the land, NASB 1995 As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, NASB 1977 As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, Legacy Standard Bible As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, Amplified Bible As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation murmur and complain against him by bringing back a bad report concerning the land, Christian Standard Bible So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land— Holman Christian Standard Bible So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land— American Standard Version 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, Contemporary English Version Ten of the men sent to explore the land had brought back bad news and had made the people complain against the LORD. English Revised Version And the men, which 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, GOD'S WORD® Translation So the men Moses sent to explore the land died in front of the LORD from a plague. International Standard Version After this, the men whom Moses sent out to explore the land, who returned and made the whole congregation complain against him by bringing an evil report concerning the land, Majority Standard Bible So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land? NET Bible The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land, New Heart English Bible 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, Webster's Bible Translation And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing a slander upon the land, World English Bible 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, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThen the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land, [who] then return and cause all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing out an evil account concerning the land, Young's Literal Translation 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, Smith's Literal Translation And the men whom Moses sent to search out the land, and they will turn back and will murmur against him to all the assembly, to bring forth slander upon the land. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore all the men, whom Moses had sent to view the land, and who at their return had made the whole multitude to murmur against him, speaking ill of the land that it was naught, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, all the men, whom Moses had sent to contemplate the land, and who, having returned, had caused the entire multitude to murmur against him, disparaging the land as if it were evil, New American Bible And the men whom Moses had sent to reconnoiter the land and who on returning had set the whole community grumbling against him by spreading discouraging reports about the land— New Revised Standard Version And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report about the land— Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation murmur against him by publishing an evil report concerning the land, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And men whom Moshe sent to spy the land returned and they made all of the assembly complain against him because they sent out an evil report about the land; OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who, when they returned, made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, Brenton Septuagint Translation And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land, - Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Plague on the Ten Spies36So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— 37those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.… Cross References Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / 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? ... Deuteronomy 1:26-28 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. / You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. / Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’” Psalm 106:24-26 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. / So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, 1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. 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. Deuteronomy 9:23 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. Hebrews 4:2 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. Psalm 78:22 because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation. 1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. 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. Deuteronomy 1:32 But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, Psalm 95:8-11 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. / 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.” ... Exodus 23:20-21 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. / Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. Hebrews 3:12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. Deuteronomy 32:20 He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness. Treasury of Scripture 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, Numbers 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. Jump to Previous Account Assembly Bad Cause Community Company Congregation Evil Explore Report Search Slander Spreading Spy Turn WholeJump to Next Account Assembly Bad Cause Community Company Congregation Evil Explore Report Search Slander Spreading Spy Turn WholeNumbers 14 1. The people murmur at the news6. 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 So the men Moses had sent This phrase refers to the twelve spies chosen from each tribe of Israel, as described earlier in Numbers 13. The Hebrew root for "sent" is שָׁלַח (shalach), which means to send or dispatch. This action by Moses was a directive from God, indicating a divine mission. The selection of these men was significant, as they were leaders among their tribes, entrusted with the responsibility of assessing the Promised Land. Their role was not just exploratory but also spiritual, as they were to bring back a report that would encourage faith in God's promise. to spy out the land who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land Hebrew So the menוְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person Moses מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver had sent שָׁלַ֥ח (šā·laḥ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out to spy לָת֣וּר (lā·ṯūr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8446: To meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring out the land, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had returned וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ (way·yā·šu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again and made all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the congregation הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage grumble וַיַּלִּ֤ינוּ (way·yal·lî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate against him עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against by bringing לְהוֹצִ֥יא (lə·hō·w·ṣî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim a bad report דִבָּ֖ה (ḏib·bāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1681: Whispering, defamation, evil report about עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the land— הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Numbers 14:36 NIVNumbers 14:36 NLT Numbers 14:36 ESV Numbers 14:36 NASB Numbers 14:36 KJV Numbers 14:36 BibleApps.com Numbers 14:36 Biblia Paralela Numbers 14:36 Chinese Bible Numbers 14:36 French Bible Numbers 14:36 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 14:36 The men whom Moses sent to spy (Nu Num.) |
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