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but He will by no means clear <i>the guilty,</i> visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth <i>generations.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The L<font size="1">ORD</font> Pardons and Rebukes</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>So the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said, I have pardoned <i>them</i> according to your word; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>The L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>How long <i>shall I bear</i> with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Say to them, As I live, says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Your children, however, whom you said would become a preyI will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer <i>for</i> your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, <i>even</i> forty years, and you will know My opposition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>I, the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Israel Repulsed</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has promised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>But Moses said, Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, when it will not succeed? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the L<font size="1">ORD</font> is not among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will not be with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>But they went up heedlessly to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> nor Moses left the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/14-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and leaving no man clear, who visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/numbers/14.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />'Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third generation, and on a fourth; -- <div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/moses_the_intercessor.htm">Moses the Intercessor</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy mercy, and as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.' --NUM. xiv. 19. See how in this story a divine threat is averted and a divine promise is broken, thus revealing a standing law that these in Scripture are conditional. This striking incident of Moses' intercession suggests to us some thoughts as to I. The ground of the divine forgiveness. The appeal is not based on anything in the people. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/moses_the_intercessor.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/weighed_and_found_wanting.htm">Weighed, and Found Wanting</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3. And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4. And they said one <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/weighed_and_found_wanting.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/the_great_controversy.htm">The Great Controversy</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Page 52. Image worship.--"The worship of images . . . was one of those corruptions of Christianity which crept into the church stealthily and almost without notice or observation. This corruption did not, like other heresies, develop itself at once, for in that case it would have met with decided censure and rebuke: but, making its commencement under a fair disguise, so gradually was one practice after another introduced in connection with it, that the church had become deeply steeped in practical <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/the_great_controversy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Great Controversy</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_12_1866/order_and_argument_in_prayer.htm">Order and Argument in Prayer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">It is further observable that though a good man hastens to God in his trouble, and runs with all the more speed because of the unkindness of his fellow men, yet sometimes the gracious soul is left without the comfortable presence of God. This is the worst of all griefs; the text is one of Job's deep groans, far deeper than any which came from him on account of the loss of his children and his property: "Oh that I knew where I might find HIM!" The worst of all losses is to lose the smile of my God. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_12_1866/order_and_argument_in_prayer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 12: 1866</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE UNBELIEF OF THE CHILDREN of Israel, prompted them to send spies into Canaan. God had told them that it was a good land, and he had promised to drive out their enemies, they ought therefore to have marched forward with all confidence to possess the promised heritage. Instead of this, they send twelve princes to spy out the land, and "alas, for human nature," ten of these were faithless, and only two true to the Lord. Read over the narrative, and mark the ill effect of the lying message, and the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_4_1858/the_spies.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/afraid_of_giants.htm">Afraid of Giants</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain; 18. And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19. And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20. And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/afraid_of_giants.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm">Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Ad. vol. i. p. 42, note 4.) In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_power/the_personality_of_power.htm">The Personality of Power. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">A Personally Conducted Journey. Everyone enjoys the pleasure of travel; but nearly all shrink back from its tiresomeness and drudgery. The transportation companies are constantly scheming to overcome this disagreeable side for both pleasure and business travel. One of the popular ways of pleasure travel of late is by means of personally conducted tours. A party is formed, often by the railroad company, and is accompanied by a special agent to attend to all the business matters of the trip. A variation <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_power/the_personality_of_power.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">S.D. Gordon—</span><span class="citation2">Quiet Talks on Power</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_five_exploring_canaan_by.htm">Exploring Canaan by Faith</a><br></span><span class="snippet">EXPLORING CANAAN BY FAITH I can not understand faith. What is faith, anyway? I try to believe; sometimes I feel that my faith is strong, but at other times I feel that my faith is giving way. Can you help me in this matter? Faith seems such a hazy, intangible, elusive thing; now I think I have it, now it seems certain I have it not. I feel at times that my faith is so strong I could believe anything, then again I feel that every bit of faith I had is gone. Can you give me any instructions that will <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_five_exploring_canaan_by.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Robert Lee Berry—</span><span class="citation2">Adventures in the Land of Canaan</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/trinity_sunday_the_doctrine_of.htm">Trinity Sunday the Doctrine of the Trinity. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Second Sermon. Text: Romans 11, 33-36. THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY.[1] [Footnote 1: This sermon was first printed in 1535, at Wittenberg.] 1. This festival requires us to instruct the people in the dogma of the Holy Trinity, and to strengthen both memory and faith concerning it. This is the reason why we take up the subject once more. Without proper instruction and a sound foundation in this regard, other dogmas cannot be rightly and successfully treated. The other festivals of the year present <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/trinity_sunday_the_doctrine_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. III</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/2_the_scriptures.htm">The Scriptures</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Q-II: WHAT RULE HAS GOD GIVEN TO DIRECT US HOW WE MAY GLORIFY AND ENJOY HIM? A: The Word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him. 2 Tim 3:16. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,' By Scripture is understood the sacred Book of God. It is given by divine inspiration; that is, the Scripture is not the contrivance of man's brain, but is divine in its origin. The image of Diana was had in veneration <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/2_the_scriptures.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/14-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 14:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/14-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 14:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 14:19" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/numbers/14-18.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>