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Numbers 14:37-38 KJV
Numbers · chapter 14 · verses 37–38
37Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.Numbers 14:37-38 · King James Version
Numbers 14:37-38 in context
35I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JephunnehYᵉphunnehJephunneh, the name of two IsraelitesH3312 →
- reportdibbâhslanderH1681 →
- plaguemaggêphâha pestilenceH4046 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- searchtûwrto meander about, especially fortrade or reconnoitringH8446 →
- CalebKâlêbCaleb, the name of three IsraelitesH3612 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Here is, I. The sudden death of the ten evil spies. While the sentence was passing upon the people, before it was published, they died of the plague before the Lord, Num 14:36, Num 14:37. Now, 1. God hereby showed his particular displeasure against those who sinned and made Israel to sin.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-45