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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 14 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Numbers 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/13.htm" title="Numbers 13">◄</a> Numbers 14 <a href="../numbers/15.htm" title="Numbers 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Israelites Rebel against Moses</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.1" class="v4_14_1">1</span>After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night </span><span class="v4_14_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.2" class="v4_14_2">2</span>and complained to Moses and Aaron, “We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert! </span><span class="v4_14_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.3" class="v4_14_3">3</span>Is the <span class="nd">Lord</span> leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt.” </span><span class="v4_14_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.4" class="v4_14_4">4</span>Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.5" class="v4_14_5">5</span>Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd. </span><span class="v4_14_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.6" class="v4_14_6">6</span>Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes in sorrow </span><span class="v4_14_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.7" class="v4_14_7">7</span>and said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_7">We saw the land ourselves, and it's very good. </span><span class="v4_14_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.8" class="v4_14_8">8</span>If we obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, he will surely give us that land rich with milk and honey. </span><span class="v4_14_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.9" class="v4_14_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So don't rebel. We have no reason to be afraid of the people who live there. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is on our side, and they won't stand a chance against us!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.10" class="v4_14_10">10</span>The crowd threatened to stone Moses and Aaron to death. But just then, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> appeared in a cloud at the sacred tent.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Moses Prays for the People</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.11" class="v4_14_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “I have done great things for these people, and they still reject me by refusing to believe in my power. </span><span class="v4_14_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.12" class="v4_14_12">12</span>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></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_13"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.13-Num.14.16" class="v4_14_13">13-16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.13-Num.14.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Moses replied:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_13">With your mighty power you rescued your people from Egypt, so please don't destroy us here in the desert. If you do, the Egyptians will hear about it and tell the people of Canaan. Those Canaanites already know that we are your people, and that we see you face to face. And they have heard how you lead us with a thick cloud during the day and flaming fire at night. But if you kill us, they will claim it was because you weren't powerful enough to lead us into Canaan as you promised.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_17"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.17" class="v4_14_17">17</span>Show us your great power, <span class="nd">Lord</span>. You promised </span><span class="v4_14_18"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.18" class="v4_14_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> that you love to show mercy and kindness. And you said that you are very patient, but that you will punish everyone guilty of doing wrong—not only them but their children and grandchildren as well.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_19"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.19" class="v4_14_19">19</span>You are merciful, and you treat people better than they deserve. So please forgive these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_20"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.20" class="v4_14_20">20</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_20">In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them. </span><span class="v4_14_21"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.21" class="v4_14_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But as surely as I live and my power has no limit, </span><span class="v4_14_22"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.22-Num.14.23" class="v4_14_22">22-23</span>I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_24"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.24" class="v4_14_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But my servant Caleb isn't like the others. So because he has faith in me, I will allow him to cross into Canaan, and his descendants will settle there.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_25"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.25" class="v4_14_25">25</span>Now listen, Moses! The Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys of Canaan.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> And tomorrow, you'll need to turn around and head back into the desert toward the Red Sea.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.25!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">The Israelites Are Punished for Complaining</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_26"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.26" class="v4_14_26">26</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Moses and Aaron </span><span class="v4_14_27"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.27-Num.14.28" class="v4_14_27">27-28</span>to give this message to the people of Israel:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_27">You sinful people have complained against me too many times! Now I swear by my own life that I will give you exactly what you wanted.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.27-Num.14.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v4_14_29"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.29" class="v4_14_29">29</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.29!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You will die right here in the desert, and your dead bodies will cover the ground. You have insulted me, and none of you men who are over 20 years old </span><span class="v4_14_30"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.30" class="v4_14_30">30</span>will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give you as your own—only Caleb and Joshua<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.30!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will go in.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v4_14_31"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.31" class="v4_14_31">31</span>You were worried that your own children would be captured. But I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will let them enter the land you have rejected. </span><span class="v4_14_32"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.32" class="v4_14_32">32</span>You will die here in the desert! </span><span class="v4_14_33"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.33" class="v4_14_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Your children will wander around in this desert 40 years, suffering because of your sins, until all of you are dead. </span><span class="v4_14_34"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.34" class="v4_14_34">34</span>I will punish you severely every day for the next 40 years—one year for each day that the land was explored. </span><span class="v4_14_35"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.35" class="v4_14_35">35</span>You sinful people who ganged up against me will die here in the desert.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_36"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.36" class="v4_14_36">36</span>Ten of the men sent to explore the land had brought back bad news and had made the people complain against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v4_14_37"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.37" class="v4_14_37">37</span>So he sent a deadly disease that killed those men, </span><span class="v4_14_38"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.38" class="v4_14_38">38</span>but he let Joshua and Caleb live.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Israelites Fail To Enter Canaan</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="DEU 1:41-45">Deuteronomy 1.41-45</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_39"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.39" class="v4_14_39">39</span>The people of Israel were very sad after Moses gave them the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s message. </span><span class="v4_14_40"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.40" class="v4_14_40">40</span>So they got up early the next morning and got ready to head toward the hill country of Canaan. They said, “We were wrong to complain about the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. Let's go into the land that he promised us.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_41"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.41" class="v4_14_41">41</span>But Moses replied, “You're disobeying the <span class="nd">Lord</span>! Your plan won't work, </span><span class="v4_14_42"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.42-Num.14.43" class="v4_14_42">42-43</span>so don't even try it. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> refuses to help you, because you turned your backs on him. The Amalekites and the Canaanites are your enemies, and they will attack and defeat you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_14_44"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.44" class="v4_14_44">44</span>But the Israelites ignored Moses<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.14.44!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and marched toward the hill country, even though the sacred chest and Moses did not go with them. </span><span class="v4_14_45"><span class="reftext" id="Num.14.45" class="v4_14_45">45</span>The Amalekites and the Canaanites came down from the hill country, defeated the Israelites, and chased them as far as the town of Hormah.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The Amalekites and the Canaanites … valleys of Canaan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">That is, all possible ways into Canaan were blocked.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Red Sea: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew <char style="tl">yam suph</char>, here referring to the Gulf of Aqaba, since the term is extended to include the northeastern arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at Exodus 13.18).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.27,28 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">wanted: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See verse 2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.30 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Caleb and Joshua: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.44 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">ignored Moses: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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