American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And all the congregation[H5712] lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963], and cried[H5414]; and the people[H5971] wept[H1058] that night[H3915].

2. And all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] murmured[H3885] against Moses[H4872] and against Aaron[H175]: and the whole congregation[H5712] said[H559] unto them[H3863], Would that we had died[H4191] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]! or would[H3863] that we had died[H4191] in this wilderness[H4057]!

3. And wherefore doth Jehovah[H3068] bring[H935] us unto this land[H776], to fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719]? Our wives[H802] and our little ones[H2945] will be a prey[H957]: were it not better[H2896] for us to return[H7725] into Egypt[H4714]?

4. And they said[H559] one[H376] to another[H251], Let us make[H5414] a captain[H7218], and let us return[H7725] into Egypt[H4714].

5. Then Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] fell[H5307] on their faces[H6440] before[H6440] all the assembly[H6951] of the congregation[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].

6. And Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126] and Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], who were of them that spied[H8446] out the land[H776], rent[H7167] their clothes[H899]:

7. and they spake[H559] unto all the congregation[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], The land[H776], which we passed[H5674] through to spy[H8446] it out[H3966], is an exceeding good[H2896] land[H776].

8. If Jehovah[H3068] delight[H2654] in us[H935], then he will bring us into this land[H776], and give[H5414] it unto us[H776]; a land which floweth[H2100] with milk[H2461] and honey[H1706].

9. Only rebel[H4775] not against Jehovah[H3068], neither fear[H3372] ye the people[H5971] of the land[H776]; for they are bread[H3899] for us[H6738]: their defence is removed[H5493] from over them[H3068], and Jehovah is with us[H3372]: fear them not.

10. But all the congregation[H5712] bade[H559] stone[H7275] them with stones[H68]. And the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150] unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].

11. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], How long will this people[H5971] despise[H5006] me[H3808]? and how long will they not believe[H539] in me[H226], for all the signs which I have wrought[H6213] among them[H7130]?

12. I will smite[H5221] them with the pestilence[H1698], and disinherit[H3423] them[H6213], and will make of thee a nation[H1471] greater[H1419] and mightier than they[H6099].

13. And Moses[H4872] said[H559] unto Jehovah[H3068], Then the Egyptians[H4714] will hear[H8085] it[H5927]; for thou broughtest up this people[H5971] in thy might[H3581] from among them[H7130];

14. and they will tell[H559] it to the inhabitants[H3427] of this land[H776]. They have heard[H8085] that thou Jehovah[H3068] art in the midst[H7130] of this people[H5971]; for thou Jehovah[H3068] art seen[H7200] face[H5869] to face[H5869], and thy cloud[H6051] standeth[H5975] over them[H1980], and thou goest before[H6440] them[H5982], in a pillar of cloud[H6051] by day[H3119], and in a pillar[H5982] of fire[H784] by night[H3915].

15. Now if thou shalt kill[H4191] this people[H5971] as one[H259] man[H376], then the nations[H1471] which have heard[H8085] the fame[H8088] of thee will speak[H559], saying[H559],

16. Because Jehovah[H3068] was not[H1115] able[H3201] to bring[H935] this people[H5971] into the land[H776] which he sware[H7650] unto them[H7819], therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness[H4057].

17. And now[H3581], I pray thee, let the power of the Lord[H136] be great[H1431], according[H834] as thou hast spoken[H1696], saying[H559],

18. Jehovah[H3068] is slow to anger[H750], and abundant[H7227] in lovingkindness[H2617], forgiving[H5375] iniquity[H5771] and transgression[H6588]; and that will by no means[H5352] clear[H5352] the guilty[H6485], visiting the iniquity[H5771] of the fathers[H1] upon the children[H1121], upon the third[H8029] and upon the fourth generation[H7256].

19. Pardon[H5545], I pray thee[H5771], the iniquity of this people[H5971] according unto the greatness[H1433] of thy lovingkindness[H2617], and according as thou hast forgiven[H5375] this people[H5971], from Egypt[H4714] even until now[H2008].

20. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], I have pardoned[H5545] according to thy word[H1697]:

21. but in very deed[H199], as I live[H2416], and as all the earth[H776] shall be filled[H4390] with the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068];

22. because all those men[H582] that have seen[H7200] my glory[H3519], and my signs[H226], which I wrought[H6213] in Egypt[H4714] and in the wilderness[H4057], yet have tempted[H5254] me these ten[H6235] times[H6471], and have not hearkened[H8085] to my voice[H6963];

23. surely they shall not[H518] see[H7200] the land[H776] which I sware[H7650] unto their fathers[H1], neither shall any of them that despised[H5006] me see it[H7200]:

24. but my servant[H5650] Caleb[H3612], because[H6118] he had another[H312] spirit[H7307] with him[H310], and hath followed me fully[H4390], him will I bring[H935] into the land[H776] whereinto he went[H935]; and his seed[H2233] shall possess it[H3423].

25. Now the Amalekite[H6003] and the Canaanite[H3669] dwell[H3427] in the valley[H6010]: to-morrow[H4279] turn[H6437] ye[H5265], and get you into the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870] to the Red[H5488] Sea[H3220].

26. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],

27. How long shall I bear with this evil[H7451] congregation[H5712], that murmur[H3885] against me[H8085]? I have heard the murmurings[H8519] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which they murmur against me[H3885].

28. Say[H559] unto them[H2416], As I live, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], surely as[H3808] ye have spoken[H1696] in mine ears[H241], so will I do to you[H6213]:

29. your dead bodies[H6297] shall fall[H5307] in this wilderness[H4057]; and all that were numbered[H6485] of you[H4557], according to your whole number, from twenty[H6242] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], that have murmured against me[H3885],

30. surely ye shall not[H518] come[H935] into the land[H776], concerning which I sware[H3027] that I would make you dwell[H7931] therein[H3612], save Caleb the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], and Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126].

31. But your little ones[H2945], that ye said[H559] should be a prey[H957], them will I bring in[H935], and they shall know[H3045] the land[H776] which ye have rejected[H3988].

32. But as for you[H6297], your dead bodies shall fall[H5307] in this wilderness[H4057].

33. And your children[H1121] shall be wanderers[H7462] in the wilderness[H4057] forty[H705] years[H8141], and shall bear[H5375] your whoredoms[H2184], until your dead bodies[H6297] be consumed[H8552] in the wilderness[H4057].

34. After the number[H4557] of the days[H3117] in which ye spied[H8446] out the land[H776], even forty[H705] days[H3117], for every day[H3117] a year[H3117], shall ye bear[H5375] your iniquities[H5771], even forty[H705] years[H8141], and ye shall know[H3045] my alienation[H8569].

35. I[H3068], Jehovah, have spoken[H1696], surely[H518] this will I do[H6213] unto[H2063] all this evil[H7451] congregation[H5712], that are gathered together[H3259] against me[H4057]: in this wilderness they shall be consumed[H8552], and there they shall die[H4191].

36. And the men[H582], whom Moses[H4872] sent[H7971] to spy[H8446] out the land[H776], who returned[H7725], and made all the congregation[H5712] to murmur[H3885] against him[H3318], by bringing up an evil report[H1681] against the land[H776],

37. even those[H582] men[H582] that did bring up[H3318] an evil[H7451] report[H1681] of the land[H776], died[H4191] by the plague[H4046] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068].

38. But Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], and Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], remained alive[H2421] of those men[H1992] that went[H1980] to spy[H8446] out the land[H776].

39. And Moses[H4872] told[H1696] these words[H1697] unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and the people[H5971] mourned[H56] greatly[H3966].

40. And they rose up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and gat them up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of the mountain[H2022], saying[H559], Lo[H2009], we are here[H5927], and will go up unto the place[H4725] which Jehovah[H3068] hath promised[H559]: for we have sinned[H2398].

41. And Moses[H4872] said[H559], Wherefore now do ye transgress[H5674] the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], seeing it shall not prosper[H6743]?

42. Go not up[H5927], for Jehovah[H3068] is not among[H7130] you[H5062]; that ye be not smitten down before[H6440] your enemies[H341].

43. For there the Amalekite[H6003] and the Canaanite[H3669] are before[H6440] you[H5307], and ye shall fall by the sword[H2719]: because ye are turned[H7725] back[H310] from following Jehovah[H3068], therefore Jehovah will not be with you[H3068].

44. But they presumed[H6075] to go up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of the mountain[H2022]: nevertheless the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068], and Moses[H4872], departed[H4185] not out[H4185] of the camp[H4264].

45. Then the Amalekite[H6003] came down[H3381], and the Canaanite[H3669] who dwelt[H3427] in that mountain[H2022], and smote[H5221] them and beat[H3807] them down[H2767], even unto Hormah.