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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />were struck dead with a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />those men who brought the bad report of the land also died by a plague in the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />even those [ten] men who brought back the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So he sent a deadly disease that killed those men, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They died because they had returned and made the whole community complain about Moses by spreading lies about the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and who produced an evil report about the land, died of pestilence in the LORD's presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />those men who had brought out the bad report about the land?were struck down by a plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Even those men that brought the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />even the men bringing out an evil account of the land, they die by the plague before YHWH;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the men bringing forth evil slander of the land shall die by the blow before Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Died and were struck in the sight of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />suffered death and were struck down in the sight of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />these men who had spread discouraging reports about the land were struck down by the LORD and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the men who brought an unfavorable report about the land died by a plague before the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These men who published an evil report of the land died by a sudden plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the men that put out the evil report about the land died in a sudden plague before LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/14-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4595" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">The Plague on the Ten Spies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36</span>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— <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">those men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: mō·w·ṣi·’ê (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">who had brought out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the bad</a> <a href="/hebrew/1681.htm" title="1681: ḏib·baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Whispering, defamation, evil report. From dabab; slander.">report</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">about the land—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: way·yā·mu·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">were struck down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4046.htm" title="4046: bam·mag·gê·p̄āh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence. From nagaph; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat.">by a plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-35.htm">Deuteronomy 1:35-36</a></span><br />“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a></span><br />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? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Psalm 106:26-27</a></span><br />So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, / to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Jude 1:5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14-15</a></span><br />The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. / Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Hebrews 4:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a></span><br />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.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15-16</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— / because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36-39</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ / He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-23.htm">Deuteronomy 9:23</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10-11</a></span><br />Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ / So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Even those men that did bring up the evil report on the land, died by the plague before the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">those men.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></b></br> I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">Numbers 16:49</a></b></br> Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Numbers 25:9</a></b></br> And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Account</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/numbers/14-35.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/14-35.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/14-2.htm">Died</a> <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Report</a> <a href="/numbers/11-30.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">Account</a> <a href="/numbers/24-13.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Died</a> <a href="/numbers/14-38.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-25.htm">Report</a> <a href="/numbers/16-25.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/numbers/14-42.htm">Struck</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">The people murmur at the news</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-6.htm">Joshua and Caleb labor to still them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">God threatens them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-26.htm">The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm">The men who raised the evil report die by a plague</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/14-40.htm">The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—</b><br>The "bad report" refers to the negative account given by ten of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the Promised Land (<a href="/numbers/13-31.htm">Numbers 13:31-33</a>). These men, except for Joshua and Caleb, focused on the formidable inhabitants and fortified cities, instilling fear and doubt among the Israelites. This act of disbelief and rebellion against God's promise is a pivotal moment in Israel's history, demonstrating a lack of faith and trust in God's power and plan. Theologically, this serves as a warning against the consequences of unbelief and disobedience. The spies' report contrasts with the faith-filled perspective of Joshua and Caleb, who trusted in God's ability to deliver the land to them.<p><b>were struck down by a plague before the LORD.</b><br>The phrase "struck down by a plague" indicates a direct and immediate divine judgment. In the Old Testament, plagues are often used as instruments of God's wrath and correction (e.g., <a href="/exodus/7.htm">Exodus 7-12</a>, the plagues of Egypt). This particular judgment underscores the seriousness of their sin and the holiness of God, who cannot tolerate rebellion and disbelief. The phrase "before the LORD" emphasizes that this act of judgment was not random but was executed in the presence of God, highlighting His sovereignty and justice. This event serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of leading others into sin and the importance of faithfulness to God's commands. It also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and separation from God for those who reject His promises, pointing to the need for redemption through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a></b><br>Twelve men were sent by Moses to scout the Promised Land. Ten of these spies returned with a negative report, causing fear and rebellion among the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bad_report.htm">The Bad Report</a></b><br>The ten spies exaggerated the challenges of conquering the land, focusing on the strength of its inhabitants and the fortified cities, which led to a lack of faith among the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague.htm">The Plague</a></b><br>As a direct consequence of their actions, the ten spies who spread the bad report were struck down by a plague from the LORD, demonstrating God's judgment on their lack of faith and disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The community that was influenced by the negative report, leading them to grumble against Moses and Aaron and express a desire to return to Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God had promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was a land of abundance, but the Israelites' entry was delayed due to their lack of faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unbelief.htm">The Consequences of Unbelief</a></b><br>Unbelief can lead to severe consequences, as seen in the fate of the ten spies. It is crucial to trust in God's promises and not be swayed by fear or doubt.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_influence.htm">The Power of Influence</a></b><br>The negative report of the ten spies influenced an entire nation. Believers should be mindful of the impact their words and actions can have on others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Despite challenges, believers are called to have faith in God's promises. The Israelites' failure to trust God serves as a cautionary tale for us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god.htm">Obedience to God</a></b><br>Obedience is a key aspect of faith. The Israelites' disobedience resulted in a delay of God's blessings. We should strive to obey God's commands, trusting in His timing and plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment on the ten spies serves as a reminder of His holiness and justice. It is important to live in a way that honors God and aligns with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_main_theme_of_numbers.htm">What is the main theme of the Book of Numbers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_semitic_people.htm">What did the twelve spies report about Canaan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_21_5_and_2_sam_24_9_differ.htm">Why are the census figures in 1 Chronicles 21:5 different from those in 2 Samuel 24:9?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_bible_miracles_are_described.htm">What miracles are described in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">By the plague.--</span>The word <span class= "ital">maggephah, </span>which is here rendered <span class= "ital">plague, </span>denotes <span class= "ital">a stroke. </span>In <a href="/exodus/9-14.htm" title="For I will at this time send all my plagues on your heart, and on your servants, and on your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.">Exodus 9:14</a> it is used of the ten plagues of Egypt. In <a href="/context/numbers/16-48.htm" title="And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.">Numbers 16:48-49</a>, it is used of the plague which broke out after the insurrection of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and in <a href="/context/numbers/25-9.htm" title="And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.">Numbers 25:9-18</a> of that which broke out after the Israelites had joined in the idolatrous and lascivious rites of the Moabites and Midianites. In <a href="/1_samuel/4-17.htm" title="And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.">1Samuel 4:17</a>, <a href="/2_samuel/17-9.htm" title="Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.">2Samuel 17:9</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/18-7.htm" title="Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.">2Samuel 18:7</a>, it is used of destruction by the sword. It appears to denote in this place sudden death, inflicted by the immediate visitation of the Lord. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Died by the plague before the Lord.</span> Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐν τῇ πληγῇ</span>. "Plague" has here its older signification of "stroke," or visitation of God. We are not told what death they died, but it was sudden and exceptional enough to mark it as the direct consequence of their sinful conduct. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/14-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">those men who had spread</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹצִאֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṣi·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bad</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">report</span><br /><span class="heb">דִבַּת־</span> <span class="translit">(ḏib·baṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1681.htm">Strong's 1681: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whispering, defamation, evil report</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were struck down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּמֻ֙תוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·mu·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by a plague</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mag·gê·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4046.htm">Strong's 4046: </a> </span><span class="str2">A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/14-37.htm">Numbers 14:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">OT Law: Numbers 14:37 Even those men who did bring up (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/14-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>