Numbers 14:16
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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.‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
In other translations
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.‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Hebrew words
מִבִּלְתִּיmibilti<from> because notH1115יְכֹלֶתyekholetwas ableH3201יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לְהָבִיאlehavi'to bringH935אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֶל־'el-intoH413הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834נִשְׁבַּעnishba'he sworeH7650לָהֶםlahemto <the> themוַיִּשְׁחָטֵםvaiyishchatemand he has slaughtered themH7819בַּמִּדְבָּר׃bamidbarin the wildernessH4057
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 9:28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
- Deuteronomy 32:26-2726 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, 27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
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