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Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with plague and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will strike them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence (plague) and dispossess them, and will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So they will no longer be my people. I will destroy them, but I will make you the ancestor of a nation even stronger than theirs." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I'll strike them with a plague, I'll destroy them, and I'll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will send an epidemic and destroy them, but I will make you the father of a nation that is larger and more powerful than they are!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"That's why I'm going to attack them with pestilence and disinherit them. Instead, I'll make you a great nation—even mightier than they are!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them?and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and I will make of you and your father's house a nation greater and mightier than they."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I strike it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make you become a nation greater and mightier than it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will strike them with death, and I will destroy them, and I will make thee into a great nation, and strong above them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will strike them with pestilence and disown them. Then I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will strike them with pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will smite them with pestilence, and destroy them, and I will make of you a nation which is greater and mightier than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall strike them with a plague and I shall destroy them and I shall make you a people greater and mightier than they.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will smite them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of thee and of thy father's house a great nation, and much greater than this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/14-12.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=4358" 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 People Rebel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>And 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? <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: ’ak·ken·nū (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 3mse) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">I will strike them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: ḇad·de·ḇer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">with a plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wə·’ō·w·ri·šen·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-1cs:: 3mse) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">and destroy them—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯə·ḵā (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lə·ḡō·w- (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">into a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">greater</a> <a href="/hebrew/6099.htm" title="6099: wə·‘ā·ṣūm (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Mighty, numerous. Or matsum; passive participle of atsam; powerful; by implication, numerous.">and mightier</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">than they are.”</a> </span><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="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-32</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13-14</a></span><br />Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. / But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></span><br />For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-10</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a></span><br />Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a></span><br />And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31</a></span><br />But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a></span><br />Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a></span><br />Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10-11</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. / Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they.</p><p class="hdg">smite</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-49</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun… </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><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3</a></b></br> And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.</p><p class="hdg">will make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a></b></br> Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-29.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/exodus/34-24.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-22.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-24.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-24.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/numbers/13-31.htm">Stronger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/numbers/21-32.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/numbers/21-35.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/numbers/22-6.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-38.htm">Stronger</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'; 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The threat of a plague is significant, as plagues were often seen as divine judgments in the ancient Near East. This echoes the plagues in Egypt (Exodus 7-12), where God demonstrated His power over the Egyptian gods and Pharaoh. The use of a plague here underscores the seriousness of Israel's sin and God's holiness. It also serves as a reminder of the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to consequences (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Deuteronomy 28:58-61</a>).<p><b>and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”</b><br>This promise to Moses mirrors God's earlier promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob about making their descendants a great nation (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2, 26</a>:4, 35:11). It highlights God's sovereignty and ability to fulfill His promises despite human failure. The offer to Moses also parallels God's covenant with David, where God promises to establish a lasting dynasty (<a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8-16</a>). This foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of God's promise to establish a kingdom greater and mightier than any earthly nation (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>). Moses' intercession following this statement reflects Christ's role as an intercessor for humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel, who were delivered from Egypt and are now in the wilderness, are the primary focus of God's judgment due to their lack of faith and rebellion against Him.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who intercedes on behalf of the people, demonstrating his role as a mediator between God and Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who expresses His intention to judge the Israelites for their unbelief and rebellion, yet also shows His willingness to start anew with Moses.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites are journeying after their exodus from Egypt, representing a place of testing and revelation of faith.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague.htm">The Plague</a></b><br>A divine judgment that God threatens to use against the Israelites as a consequence of their rebellion and lack of trust in His promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_unbelief.htm">The Seriousness of Unbelief</a></b><br>Unbelief is not merely a lack of faith but a direct challenge to God's character and promises. It leads to severe consequences, as seen in God's response to the Israelites.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses' willingness to intercede for the people highlights the power and importance of intercessory prayer. Believers are called to stand in the gap for others, seeking God's mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God is just and must address sin, He is also merciful and willing to forgive. This duality should lead us to a deeper reverence and trust in His character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites' failure serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to God, trusting in His promises even when circumstances seem daunting.<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/does_exodus_15_26_conflict_with_later_plagues.htm">Does the promise of divine protection in Exodus 15:26 conflict with later biblical accounts of Israel suffering plagues and diseases?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_no_prophet_like_moses_arose.htm">How can Deut. 34:10 claim no prophet like Moses ever arose when other prophets performed significant miracles too?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_act_differently_in_the_bible.htm">If God is unchanging (Malachi 3:6), why does He act differently in the Old and New Testaments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_threaten_israel_if_moses_would_intercede.htm">In Numbers 14:11-12, why would God threaten to destroy the Israelites if He already knew Moses would intercede successfully?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">And will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.</span>--A similar promise had been given to Moses on occasion of the rebellion at Sinai, and Moses on that occasion interceded with God on behalf of His people in like manner as at this time (<a href="/context/exodus/32-10.htm" title="Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.">Exodus 32:10-12</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And will make of thee a</span> <span class="cmt_word">greater nation and mightier than they.</span> By electing Moses, in the place of Jacob, to be the founder and ancestor of the chosen race, God would still have made good his promises to Abraham, and would only have vindicated for himself the same freedom of choice which he had used in the case of Ishmael and of Esau. We cannot, however, regard this offer as embodying a deliberate intention, for we know that God did not really mean to cast off Israel; nor can we regard it as expressing the anger of the moment, for it is not of God to be hasty. We must understand it distinctly as intended to try the loyalty and charity of Moses, and to give him an opportunity of rising to the loftiest height of magnanimity, unselfishness, and courage. Moses would unquestionably have been less noble than he was if he had listened to the offer; it is therefore certain that the offer was only made in order that it might be refused (cf. <a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/14-12.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">I will strike</span><br /><span class="heb">אַכֶּ֥נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ak·ken·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them with a plague</span><br /><span class="heb">בַדֶּ֖בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇad·de·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and destroy them—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ō·w·ri·šen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹֽתְךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a nation</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגוֹי־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">greater</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּד֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mightier</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָצ֖וּם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·ṣūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6099.htm">Strong's 6099: </a> </span><span class="str2">Powerful, numerous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than they are.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">OT Law: Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with the pestilence (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:13" /></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>