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Numbers 14:27 KJV
Numbers · chapter 14 · verse 27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.Numbers 14:27 · King James Version
Numbers 14:27 in context
25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- murmuringstᵉlûwnâha grumblingH8519 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- murmurlûwnto stopH3885 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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We have here God's answer to the prayer of Moses, which sings both of mercy and judgment. It is given privately to Moses (Num 14:20-25), and then directed to be made public to the people, Num 14:26-35. The frequent repetitions of the same things in it speak these resolves to be unalterable. Let us see the particulars.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-35