Numbers 14:18 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 14:18

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

BSB

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ASV

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

KJV

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

LETTER 130.8 (420)

That is to say, God will not punish us at once for our thoughts and resolves but will send retribution upon their offspring, that is, upon the evil deeds and habits of sin which arise out of them.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶ֤רֶךְ	'E.rekh	[is] long of	H750 →
אַפַּ֙יִם֙	'a.Pa.yim	anger<s>	H639 →
וְרַב־	ve.rav-	and great of	H7227 →
חֶ֔סֶד	Che.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →
נֹשֵׂ֥א	no.Se'	forgiving	H5375 →
עָוֹ֖ן	'a.Von	iniquity	H5771 →
וָפָ֑שַׁע	va.Fa.sha'	and transgression	H6588 →
וְנַקֵּה֙	ve.na.Keh	and certainly <to leave unpunished>	H5352 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְנַקֶּ֔ה	ye.na.Keh	he will leave unpunished	H5352 →
פֹּקֵ֞ד	po.Ked	visiting	H6485 →
עֲוֹ֤ן	'a.Von	[the] iniquity of	H5771 →
אָבוֹת֙	'a.Vot	parents	H1 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּנִ֔ים	ba.Nim	[the] children	H1121 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים	shi.le.Shim	a third generation	H8029 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
רִבֵּעִֽים׃	ri.be.'Im	a fourth generation	H7256 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jonah 4:2
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish.…
leads to
- Psalms 86:15
  But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 34:6–7
  Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Numbers 14:18–19
  ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- Joel 2:13–14
  So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Psalms 145:8
  The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
Through
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Deuteronomy 4:24
  For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Through
Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
leads to
- Psalms 103:8
  The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.