Numbers 14:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 14:1

Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan

1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people ^awept that night.

2 ^aAnd all the children of Israel complained 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!

3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to¹ fall by the sword, that our wives and ^achildren should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

4 So they said to one another, ^a“Let us select a leader and ^breturn to Egypt.”

5 Then Moses and Aaron¹ fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: ^a“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 14:1

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American Standard Version
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

Amplified® Bible
AND ALL the congregation cried out with a loud voice, and [they] wept that night.

Contemporary English Version
After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night

Darby English Version
And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

Good News Bible
All night long the people cried out in distress.

King James Version
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

New American Standard Bible
Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

New International Version
That night all the people of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.

New King James Version
So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

Revised Standard Version
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry; and the people wept that night.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

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Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan

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