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1Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. 1וַתִּשָּׂא֙ כָּל־ הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ אֶת־ קוֹלָ֑ם וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ הָעָ֖ם בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַהֽוּא׃
2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! 2וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־ אַהֲרֹ֔ן כֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם כָּל־ הָעֵדָ֗ה לוּ־ מַ֙תְנוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם א֛וֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה לוּ־ מָֽתְנוּ׃
3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 3וְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־ הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲל֧וֹא ט֦וֹב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” 4וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־ אָחִ֑יו נִתְּנָ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembled congregation of Israel. 5וַיִּפֹּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן עַל־ פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם לִפְנֵ֕י כָּל־ קְהַ֥ל עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
6Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes 6וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־ נ֗וּן וְכָלֵב֙ בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּ֔ה מִן־ הַתָּרִ֖ים אֶת־ הָאָ֑רֶץ קָרְע֖וּ בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃
7and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored [is] an exceedingly good land. 7וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֶל־ כָּל־ עֲדַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֤רְנוּ בָהּ֙ לָת֣וּר אֹתָ֔הּ טוֹבָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ מְאֹ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃
8If the LORD is pleased with us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. 8אִם־ חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֙נוּ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְהֵבִ֤יא אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וּנְתָנָ֖הּ לָ֑נוּ אֶ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־ הִ֛וא זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!” 9אַ֣ךְ בַּֽיהוָה֮ אַל־ תִּמְרֹדוּ֒ וְאַתֶּ֗ם אַל־ תִּֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־ עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י לַחְמֵ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם סָ֣ר צִלָּ֧ם מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם וַֽיהוָ֥ה אִתָּ֖נוּ אַל־ תִּירָאֻֽם׃
10But the entire congregation threatened to stone [Joshua and Caleb]. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting. 10וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ כָּל־ הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לִרְגּ֥וֹם אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וּכְב֣וֹד יְהוָ֗ה נִרְאָה֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֶֽל־ כָּל־ בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ
11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? 11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַד־ אָ֥נָה יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַד־ אָ֙נָה֙ לֹא־ יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ בִ֔י בְּכֹל֙ הָֽאֹת֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃
12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them— and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” 12אַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַדֶּ֖בֶר וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ אֹֽתְךָ֔ לְגוֹי־ גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
13But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. 13וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶל־ יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁמְע֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּֽי־ הֶעֱלִ֧יתָ בְכֹחֲךָ֛ אֶת־ הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה מִקִּרְבּֽוֹ׃
14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, [that] Your cloud stands over them, and [that] You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 14וְאָמְר֗וּ אֶל־ יוֹשֵׁב֮ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּאת֒ שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־ אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בְּקֶ֖רֶב הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־ עַ֨יִן בְּעַ֜יִן נִרְאָ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה וַעֲנָֽנְךָ֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עֲלֵהֶ֔ם וּבְעַמֻּ֣ד עָנָ֗ן אַתָּ֨ה הֹלֵ֤ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וּבְעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ לָֽיְלָה׃
15If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, 15וְהֵמַתָּ֛ה אֶת־ הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶֽת־ שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ לֵאמֹֽר׃
16‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’ 16מִבִּלְתִּ֞י יְכֹ֣לֶת יְהוָ֗ה לְהָבִיא֙ אֶת־ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־ הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־ נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לָהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
17So now I pray, may the power of the Lord be magnified, just as You have declared: 17וְעַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל־ נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר׃
18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’ 18יְהוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ וְרַב־ חֶ֔סֶד נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֺ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־ בָּנִ֔ים עַל־ שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־ רִבֵּעִֽים׃
19Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven [them] ever since [they left] Egypt.” 19סְלַֽח־ נָ֗א לַעֲוֺ֛ן הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּגֹ֣דֶל חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־ הֵֽנָּה׃
20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied. 20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה סָלַ֖חְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD, 21וְאוּלָ֖ם חַי־ אָ֑נִי וְיִמָּלֵ֥א כְבוֹד־ יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־ כָּל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
22[not one] of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness— yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— 22כִּ֣י כָל־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָרֹאִ֤ים אֶת־ כְּבֹדִי֙ וְאֶת־ אֹ֣תֹתַ֔י אֲשֶׁר־ עָשִׂ֥יתִי בְמִצְרַ֖יִם וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֹתִ֗י זֶ֚ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּעָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃
23not one will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. 23אִם־ יִרְאוּ֙ אֶת־ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם וְכָל־ מְנַאֲצַ֖י לֹ֥א יִרְאֽוּהָ׃
24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it. 24וְעַבְדִּ֣י כָלֵ֗ב עֵ֣קֶב הָֽיְתָ֞ה ר֤וּחַ אַחֶ֙רֶת֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וַיְמַלֵּ֖א אַחֲרָ֑י וַהֲבִֽיאֹתִ֗יו אֶל־ הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֣א שָׁ֔מָּה וְזַרְע֖וֹ יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה׃
25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.” 25וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־ סֽוּף׃ פ
26Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 26וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־ אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃
27“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites {are making} against Me. 27עַד־ מָתַ֗י לָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה מַלִּינִ֖ים עָלָ֑י אֶת־ תְּלֻנּ֞וֹת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵ֧מָּה מַלִּינִ֛ים עָלַ֖י שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
28So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. 28אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־ אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה אִם־ לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
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. 29בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה יִפְּל֨וּ פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם וְכָל־ פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ לְכָל־ מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם עָלָֽי׃
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. 30אִם־ אַתֶּם֙ תָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־ יָדִ֔י לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ֑הּ כִּ֚י אִם־ כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־ נֽוּן׃
31But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected— and they will enjoy it. 31וְטַ֨פְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֑ה וְהֵבֵיאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְאַסְתֶּ֖ם בָּֽהּ׃
32But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. 32וּפִגְרֵיכֶ֖ם אַתֶּ֑ם יִפְּל֖וּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃
33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer [for] your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lie scattered in the wilderness. 33וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם יִהְי֨וּ רֹעִ֤ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְנָשְׂא֖וּ אֶת־ זְנוּתֵיכֶ֑ם עַד־ תֹּ֥ם פִּגְרֵיכֶ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
34In keeping with the forty of days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years— a year for each day— and you will experience My alienation. 34בְּמִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־ תַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־ הָאָרֶץ֮ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יוֹם֒ י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֞ה י֣וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֗ה תִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־ עֲוֺנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־ תְּנוּאָתִֽי׃
35I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.” 35אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ אִם־ לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכָל־ הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃
36So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, and who had returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing a bad report about the land— 36וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָת֣וּר אֶת־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ [וילונו] (וַיַּלִּ֤ינוּ) עָלָיו֙ אֶת־ כָּל־ הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לְהוֹצִ֥יא דִבָּ֖ה עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
37those men who had spread the bad report about the land were struck down by a plague before the LORD. 37וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־ הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
38Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive. 38וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־ נ֔וּן וְכָלֵ֖ב בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּ֑ה חָיוּ֙ מִן־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם הַֽהֹלְכִ֖ים לָת֥וּר אֶת־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
39And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly. 39וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֶֽל־ כָּל־ בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃
40Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.” 40וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּֽעֲל֥וּ אֶל־ רֹאשׁ־ הָהָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֶּ֗נּוּ וְעָלִ֛ינוּ אֶל־ הַמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃
41But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! 41וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֛ה אַתֶּ֥ם עֹבְרִ֖ים אֶת־ פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א תִצְלָֽח׃
42Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you. 42אַֽל־ תַּעֲל֔וּ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין יְהוָ֖ה בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְלֹא֙ תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ לִפְנֵ֖י אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃
43For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, [He] will not be with you.” 43כִּי֩ הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב כִּֽי־ עַל־ כֵּ֤ן שַׁבְתֶּם֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּכֶֽם׃
44But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses [nor] the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp. 44וַיַּעְפִּ֕לוּ לַעֲל֖וֹת אֶל־ רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר וַאֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָה֙ וּמֹשֶׁ֔ה לֹא־ מָ֖שׁוּ מִקֶּ֥רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah. 45וַיֵּ֤רֶד הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּהָ֣ר הַה֑וּא וַיַּכּ֥וּם וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם עַד־ הַֽחָרְמָֽה׃ פ
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