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 14:1 ¶ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

 14:1 ¶ And allº the congregationº lifted upººº their voice,º and cried;ºº and the peopleº weptºº thatº night.º

 14:2 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!

 14:2 And allº the childrenº of Israelº murmuredºº againstº Mosesº and againstº Aaron:º and the wholeº congregationº saidºº untoº them, Would Godº thatº we had diedºº in the landº of Egypt!º orº would Godº we had diedºº in thisº wilderness!º

 14:3 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?

 14:3 And whereforeº hath the LORDº broughtºº us untoº thisº land,º to fallºº by the sword,º that our wivesº and our childrenº should beº a prey?º were it notº betterº for us to returnºº into Egypt?º

 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

 14:4 And they saidºº oneº toº another,º Let us makeºº a captain,º and let us returnºº into Egypt.º

 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

 14:5 Then Mosesº and Aaronº fellºº onº their facesº beforeº allº the assemblyº of the congregationº of the childrenº of Israel.º

 14:6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes:

 14:6 ¶ And Joshuaº the sonº of Nun,º and Calebº the sonº of Jephunneh,º [which were] ofº them that searchedººº the land,º rentºº their clothes:º

 14:7 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.

 14:7 And they spakeºº untoº allº the companyº of the childrenº of Israel,º saying,ºº The land,º whichº we passedºº throughº to searchºº it, [is] an exceedingº goodº land.º

 14:8 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.

 14:8 Ifº the LORDº delightºº in us, then he will bringºº us intoº thisº land,º and giveºº it us; a landº whichº flowethºº with milkº and honey.º

 14:9 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.

 14:9 Onlyº rebelºº notº ye against the LORD,º neitherº fearºº yeºº the peopleº of the land;º forº theyº [are] breadº for us: their defenceº is departedºº fromºº them, and the LORDº [is] withº us: fearºº them not.º

 14:10 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.

 14:10 But allº the congregationº badeºº stoneºº them with stones.º And the gloryº of the LORDº appearedºº in the tabernacleº of the congregationº beforeº allº the childrenº of Israel.º

 14:11 ¶ 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?

 14:11 ¶ And the LORDº saidºº untoº Moses,º How longºº will thisº peopleº provokeºº me? and how longºº will it be ereº they believeºº me, for allº the signsº whichº I have shewedºº amongº them?

 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

 14:12 I will smiteºº them with the pestilence,º and disinheritºº them, and will makeºº of thee a greaterº nationº and mightierº thanº they.

 14:13 ¶ And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

 14:13 ¶ And Mosesº saidºº untoº the LORD,º Then the Egyptiansº shall hearºº [it], (forº thou broughtest upººº thisº peopleº in thy mightº from amongºº them;)

 14:14 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.

 14:14 And they will tellºº [it] toº the inhabitantsºº of thisº land:º [for] they have heardºº thatº thouº LORDº [art] amongº thisº people,º thatº thouº LORDº art seenºº faceº to face,º and [that] thy cloudº standethºº overº them, and [that] thouº goestºº beforeº them, by day timeº in a pillarº of a cloud,º and in a pillarº of fireº by night.º

 14:15 ¶ Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

 14:15 ¶ Now [if] thou shalt killºº [all]º thisº peopleº as oneº man,º then the nationsº whichº have heardººº the fameº of thee will speak,ºº saying,ºº

 14:16 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.

 14:16 Becauseºº the LORDº was notº ableºº to bringººº thisº peopleº intoº the landº whichº he swareºº unto them, therefore he hath slainºº them in the wilderness.º

 14:17 And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

 14:17 And now,º I beseech thee,º let the powerº of my Lordº be great,ºº accordingº asº thou hast spoken,ºº saying,ºº

 14:18 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.

 14:18 The LORDº [is] longsuffering,ºº and of greatº mercy,º forgivingºº iniquityº and transgression,º and by no meansºº clearingººº [the guilty], visitingºº the iniquityº of the fathersº uponº the childrenº untoº the thirdº and fourthº [generation].

 14:19 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.

 14:19 Pardon,ºº I beseech thee,º the iniquityº of thisº peopleº according unto the greatnessº of thy mercy,º and asº thou hast forgivenºº thisº people,º from Egyptºº even untilº now.º

 14:20 And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

 14:20 And the LORDº said,ºº I have pardonedºº according to thy word:º

 14:21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;

 14:21 But [as] trulyº [as] Iº live,ºº allº the earthº shall be filledºº with the gloryº of the LORD.º

 14:22 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;

 14:22 Becauseº allº those menºº which have seenººº my glory,º and my miracles,º whichº I didºº in Egyptº and in the wilderness,º and have temptedººº me now theseº tenº times,º and have notº hearkenedºº to my voice;º

 14:23 surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

 14:23 Surelyº they shall notº seeººº the landº whichº I swareºº unto their fathers,º neitherº shall anyº of them that provokedºº me seeºº it:

 14:24 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.

 14:24 But my servantº Caleb,º becauseº he hadº anotherº spiritº withº him, and hath followedº me fully,ººº him will I bringºº intoº the landº whereintoºº he went;ºº and his seedº shall possessºº it.

 14:25 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.

 14:25 (Now the Amalekitesº and the Canaanitesº dweltºº in the valley.)º To morrowº turnºº you, and getºº you into the wildernessº by the wayº of the Redº sea.º

 14:26 ¶ And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

 14:26 ¶ And the LORDº spakeºº untoº Mosesº and untoº Aaron,º saying,ºº

 14:27 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.

 14:27 How longºº [shall I bear with] thisº evilº congregation,º whichº murmurºº againstº me? I have heardººº the murmuringsº of the childrenº of Israel,º whichº theyº murmurºº againstº me.

 14:28 Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

 14:28 Sayºº untoº them, [As truly as]º Iº live,º saithºº the LORD,º asº ye have spokenºº in mine ears,º soº will I doºº to you:

 14:29 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,

 14:29 Your carcasesº shall fallºº in thisº wilderness;º and allº that were numberedºº of you, according to your wholeº number,º from twentyº yearsº oldºº and upward,º whichº have murmuredºº againstº me,

 14:30 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.

 14:30 Doubtlessº yeº shall notº comeºº intoº the land,º [concerning] whichº I swareºººº to make you dwellºº therein, saveºº Calebº the sonº of Jephunneh,º and Joshuaº the sonº of Nun.º

 14:31 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.

 14:31 But your little ones,º whichº ye saidºº should beº a prey,º them will I bring in,ºº and they shall knowººº the landº whichº ye have despised.ºº

 14:32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

 14:32 But [as for] you,º your carcases,º they shall fallºº in thisº wilderness.º

 14:33 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.

 14:33 And your childrenº shall wanderººº in the wildernessº fortyº years,º and bearººº your whoredoms,º untilº your carcasesº be wastedºº in the wilderness.º

 14:34 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.

 14:34 After the numberº of the daysº in whichº ye searchedººº the land,º [even] fortyº days,º each dayº for a year,ºº shall ye bearººº your iniquities,º [even] fortyº years,º and ye shall knowººº my breach of promise.º

 14:35 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.

 14:35 Iº the LORDº have said,ºº I will surelyºº doºº itº unto allº thisº evilº congregation,º that are gathered togetherºº againstº me: in thisº wildernessº they shall be consumed,ºº and thereº they shall die.ºº

 14:36 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,

 14:36 And the men,ºº whichº Mosesº sentºº to searchººº the land,º who returned,ºº and madeº allº the congregationº to murmurºººº againstº him, by bringing upºº a slanderº uponº the land,º

 14:37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

 14:37 Even thoseº menºº that did bring upºº the evilº reportº upon the land,º diedºº by the plagueº beforeº the LORD.º

 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

 14:38 But Joshuaº the sonº of Nun,º and Calebº the sonº of Jephunneh,º [which were] ofº the menººº that wentºº to searchººº the land,º livedºº [still].

 14:39 And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

 14:39 And Mosesº toldººº theseº sayingsº untoº allº the childrenº of Israel:º and the peopleº mournedºº greatly.º

 14:40 ¶ 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.

 14:40 ¶ And they rose up earlyºº in the morning,º and gat them upºº intoº the topº of the mountain,º saying,ºº Lo,º we [be here], and will go upºº untoº the placeº whichº the LORDº hath promised:ºº forº we have sinned.ºº

 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

 14:41 And Mosesº said,ºº Whereforeº nowº do yeº transgressººº the commandmentº of the LORD?º but itº shall notº prosper.ºº

 14:42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

 14:42 Go not up,ººº forº the LORDº [is] notº amongº you; that ye be notº smittenºº beforeº your enemies.ºº

 14:43 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.

 14:43 Forº the Amalekitesº and the Canaanitesº [are] thereº beforeº you, and ye shall fallºº by the sword:º becauseººº ye are turnedºº awayºº fromºº the LORD,º therefore the LORDº will notº beº withº you.

 14:44 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.

 14:44 But they presumedºº to go upºº untoº the hillº top:º nevertheless the arkº of the covenantº of the LORD,º and Moses,º departedºº notº outº ofºº the camp.º

 14:45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

 14:45 Then the Amalekitesº came down,ºº and the Canaanitesº which dweltºº in thatº hill,º and smoteºº them, and discomfitedºº them, [even] untoº Hormah.º