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And all the congregation[H5712] lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963], and cried[H5414]; and the people[H5971]wept[H1058] that night[H3915].
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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, Would God[H3863] that we had died[H4191] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]! or would God[H3863] we had died[H4191] in this wilderness[H4057]!
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And wherefore hath the LORD[H3068]brought[H935] us unto this land[H776], to fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719], that our wives[H802] and our children[H2945] should be a prey?[H957] were it not better[H2896] for us to return[H7725] into Egypt?[H4714]
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And they said[H559]one[H376] to another[H251], Let us make[H5414] a captain[H7218], and let us return[H7725] into Egypt[H4714].
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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].
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And Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], and Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], which were of them that searched[H8446] the land[H776], rent[H7167] their clothes[H899]:
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And they spake[H559] unto all the company[H5712] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], The land[H776], which we passed[H5674] through to search[H8446] it, is an exceeding[H3966]good[H2896]land[H776].
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If the LORD[H3068]delight[H2654] in us, then he will bring[H935] us into this land[H776], and give[H5414] it us; a land[H776] which floweth[H2100] with milk[H2461] and honey[H1706].
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Only rebel[H4775] not ye against the LORD[H3068], neither fear[H3372] ye the people[H5971] of the land[H776]; for they are bread[H3899] for us: their defence[H6738] is departed[H5493] from them, and the LORD[H3068] is with us: fear[H3372] them not.
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But all the congregation[H5712]bade[H559]stone[H7275] them with stones[H68]. And the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150] before all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], How long will this people[H5971]provoke[H5006] me? and how long will it be ere[H3808] they believe[H539] me, for all the signs[H226] which I have shewed[H6213]among[H7130] them?
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I will smite[H5221] them with the pestilence[H1698], and disinherit[H3423] them, and will make[H6213] of thee a greater[H1419]nation[H1471] and mightier[H6099] than they.
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559] unto the LORD[H3068], Then the Egyptians[H4714] shall hear[H8085] it,(for thou broughtest up[H5927] this people[H5971] in thy might[H3581] from among[H7130] them;)
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And they will tell[H559] it to the inhabitants[H3427] of this land[H776]: for they have heard[H8085] that thou LORD[H3068] art among[H7130] this people[H5971], that thou LORD[H3068] art seen[H7200]face[H5869] to face[H5869], and that thy cloud[H6051]standeth[H5975] over them, and that thou goest[H1980]before[H6440] them, by day time[H3119] in a pillar[H5982] of a cloud[H6051], and in a pillar[H5982] of fire[H784] by night[H3915].
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Now if thou shalt kill[H4191] all 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],
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Because the LORD[H3068] was not[H1115]able[H3201] to bring[H935] this people[H5971] into the land[H776] which he sware[H7650] unto them, therefore he hath slain[H7819] them in the wilderness[H4057].
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And now, I beseech thee, let the power[H3581] of my Lord[H136] be great[H1431], according[H834] as thou hast spoken[H1696], saying[H559],
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The LORD[H3068] is longsuffering[H750], and of great[H7227]mercy[H2617], forgiving[H5375]iniquity[H5771] and transgression[H6588], and by no means[H5352]clearing[H5352] the guilty, visiting[H6485] the iniquity[H5771] of the fathers[H1] upon the children[H1121] unto the third[H8029] and fourth[H7256] generation.
19Pardon[H5545], I beseech thee, the iniquity[H5771] of this people[H5971] according unto the greatness[H1433] of thy mercy[H2617], and as thou hast forgiven[H5375] this people[H5971], from Egypt[H4714] even until now[H2008].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559], I have pardoned[H5545] according to thy word[H1697]:
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But as truly[H199] as I live[H2416], all the earth[H776] shall be filled[H4390] with the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068].
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Because all those men[H582] which have seen[H7200] my glory[H3519], and my miracles[H226], which I did[H6213] in Egypt[H4714] and in the wilderness[H4057], and have tempted[H5254] me now these ten[H6235]times[H6471], and have not hearkened[H8085] to my voice[H6963];
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Surely they shall not[H518]see[H7200] the land[H776] which I sware[H7650] unto their fathers[H1], neither shall any of them that provoked[H5006] me see[H7200] it:
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But my servant[H5650]Caleb[H3612], because[H6118] he had another[H312]spirit[H7307] with him, and hath followed[H310] me fully[H4390], him will I bring[H935] into the land[H776] whereinto he went[H935]; and his seed[H2233] shall possess[H3423] it.
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(Now the Amalekites[H6003] and the Canaanites[H3669]dwelt[H3427] in the valley[H6010].) To morrow[H4279]turn[H6437] you, and get[H5265] you into the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870] of the Red[H5488]sea[H3220].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
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How long shall I bear with this evil[H7451]congregation[H5712], which murmur[H3885] against me? I have heard[H8085] the murmurings[H8519] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which they murmur[H3885] against me.
28Say[H559] unto them, As[H3808] truly as[H3808] I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], as[H3808] ye have spoken[H1696] in mine ears[H241], so will I do[H6213] to you:
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Your carcases[H6297] shall fall[H5307] in this wilderness[H4057]; and all that were numbered[H6485] of you, according to your whole number[H4557], from twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], which have murmured[H3885] against me,
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Doubtless ye shall not[H518]come[H935] into the land[H776], concerning which I sware[H3027] to make you dwell[H7931] therein, save Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], and Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126].
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But your little ones[H2945], which 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 despised[H3988].
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But as for you, your carcases[H6297], they shall fall[H5307] in this wilderness[H4057].
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And your children[H1121] shall wander[H7462] in the wilderness[H4057]forty[H705]years[H8141], and bear[H5375] your whoredoms[H2184], until your carcases[H6297] be wasted[H8552] in the wilderness[H4057].
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After the number[H4557] of the days[H3117] in which ye searched[H8446] the land[H776], even forty[H705]days[H3117], each day[H3117] for a year[H8141], shall ye bear[H5375] your iniquities[H5771], even forty[H705]years[H8141], and ye shall know[H3045] my breach of promise[H8569].
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I the LORD[H3068] have said[H1696], I will surely[H518]do[H6213]it[H2063] unto all this evil[H7451]congregation[H5712], that are gathered together[H3259] against me: in this wilderness[H4057] they shall be consumed[H8552], and there they shall die[H4191].
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And the men[H582], which Moses[H4872]sent[H7971] to search[H8446] the land[H776], who returned[H7725], and made all the congregation[H5712] to murmur[H3885] against him, by bringing up[H3318] a slander[H1681] upon the land[H776],
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Even those[H582]men[H582] that did bring up[H3318] the evil[H7451]report[H1681] upon the land[H776], died[H4191] by the plague[H4046]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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But Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], and Caleb[H3612] the son[H1121] of Jephunneh[H3312], which were of the men[H1992] that went[H1980] to search[H8446] the land[H776], lived[H2421] still.
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And Moses[H4872]told[H1696] these sayings[H1697] unto all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and the people[H5971]mourned[H56]greatly[H3966].
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And they rose up[H5927]early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and gat them up[H5927] into the top[H7218] of the mountain[H2022], saying[H559], Lo[H2009], we be here, and will go up[H5927] unto the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] hath promised[H559]: for we have sinned[H2398].
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559], Wherefore now do ye transgress[H5674] the commandment[H6310] of the LORD?[H3068] but it shall not prosper[H6743].
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Go not up[H5927], for the LORD[H3068] is not among[H7130] you; that ye be not smitten[H5062]before[H6440] your enemies[H341].
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For the Amalekites[H6003] and the Canaanites[H3669] are there before[H6440] you, and ye shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719]: because ye are turned[H7725]away[H310] from the LORD[H3068], therefore the LORD[H3068] will not be with you.
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But they presumed[H6075] to go up[H5927] unto the hill[H2022]top[H7218]: nevertheless the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068], and Moses[H4872], departed[H4185] not out[H7130] of the camp[H4264].
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Then the Amalekites[H6003] came down[H3381], and the Canaanites[H3669] which dwelt[H3427] in that hill[H2022], and smote[H5221] them, and discomfited[H3807] them, even unto Hormah[H2767].