Numbers 14:43
in Numbers 14For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.
KJV
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
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This verse in Numbers 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
With the glory of the Lord - With the report of the glorious and righteous acts of God in punishing this rebellious people. My glory - That is, my glorious appearances in the cloud, and in the tabernacle. Ten times - That is, many times.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you,....
And this is written for our admonition, that we "fall not after the same example of unbelief." The Murmuring of the Israelites. 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance.
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The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י | haamalki | the Amalekite[s] | H6003 → | 12 times |
| וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י | vehakenaani | and the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| שָׁם֙ | sham | [are] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | lifneikhem | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם | unefaltem | and you will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בֶּחָ֑רֶב | becharev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | since | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֤ן | ken | <thus> | H3651 → | 771 times |
| שַׁבְתֶּם֙ | shavtem | you have turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י | meacharei | from after | H310 → | 715 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | he will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עִמָּכֶֽם׃ | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨יthe Amalekite[s]
haamalkiH6003 →12 times
וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥יand the Canaanite[s]
vehakenaaniH3669 →73 times
שָׁם֙[are] there
shamH8033 →834 times
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם<to> before you
lifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖םand you will fall
unefaltemH5307 →435 times
בֶּחָ֑רֶבby the sword
becharevH2719 →413 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עַל־since
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֤ן<thus>
kenH3651 →771 times
שַׁבְתֶּם֙you have turned back
shavtemH7725 →1056 times
מֵאַחֲרֵ֣יfrom after
meachareiH310 →715 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִהְיֶ֥הhe will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עִמָּכֶֽם׃with you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 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
2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
it leads to
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…
- 2 Chronicles 15:4
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
- Hebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- James 4:8
Through
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
it leads to
- Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Psalms 78:56
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- Acts 7:51
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.