Numbers 14:10
in Numbers 14But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.
KJV
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe glory of the Lord appeared - This timely appearance of the Divine glory prevented these faithful servants of God from being stoned to death by this base and treacherous multitude. “Every man is immortal till his work is done,” while in simplicity of heart he is following his God.
This site's exposition
all the congregation bade stone them with stones
The answer to the minority report is a call to kill the men who gave it. The glory of the LORD appears in the same verse and stops the stoning without a word being spoken. Two things happen in one sentence and the text sets no connective between them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), and a root sin, Heb. iii. (2.) Their continuance in it: How long will they do so? Note, The God of heaven keeps an account how long sinners persist in their provocations; and the longer they persist the more he is displeased.
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But all the congregation bade stone them with stones,.... Namely, Joshua and Caleb, who had made such a faithful report of the good land, and had delivered such an animating and encouraging speech to the people.
Thus early did Israel begin to misuse the prophets, and stone those that were sent to them, and it was this that filled the measure of their sin, Matt. xxiii. Why, what evil have they done? No crime can be laid to their charge; but the truth is these two witnesses tormented those that were obstinate in their infidelity, Rev. xi.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
לרגום אתם [BUT ALL THE CONGREGATION BADE] TO OVERWHELM THEM WITH STONES — them viz., Joshua and Caleb.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| לִרְגּ֥וֹם | lirgom | to stone | H7275 → | 16 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּאֲבָנִ֑ים | baavanim | with <the> stones | H68 → | 273 times |
| וּכְב֣וֹד | ukhevod | and [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נִרְאָה֙ | nirah | it appeared | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְּאֹ֣הֶל | beohel | at [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֔ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙and they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
לִרְגּ֥וֹםto stone
lirgomH7275 →16 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בָּאֲבָנִ֑יםwith <the> stones
baavanimH68 →273 times
וּכְב֣וֹדand [the] glory of
ukhevodH3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נִרְאָה֙it appeared
nirahH7200 →1300 times
בְּאֹ֣הֶלat [the] tent of
beohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֔דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֖י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
it leads to
- Psalms 56:3–4
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 62:5
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- Psalms 27:1–3
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalms 56:3–4
Through
Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
it leads to
- Luke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Ruth 2:12
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Luke 13:34–35
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…
- PersonWilderness / ConquestCalebOf Judah, one of the twelve spies — the man of another spirit who wholly followed Jehovah; one of only two of the census generatio…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.